REAPPROPRIATING UNRELEASED BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1979
• Sections: 5

Preamble

WHEREAS, there are unreleased balances of appropriations

authorized for infrastructure projects under the six existing Public Works Acts,

namely, Presidential Decrees Nos. 759, 1062, and 1342, and Batas Pambansa Blg.

13, 50 and 132;

WHEREAS, since the enactment of the above cited six Public

Works Acts, major unforeseen changes have taken place in the external and

domestic socio-economic environment which call for a review and shifting of

developmental thrusts and resource allocation in general, and revision in

priorities, scopes, costs, and implementation schedules of infrastructure

projects in particular, in accordance with the Updated Five-Year Philippine

Development Plan and the Medium-Term Public Investment Program;

WHEREAS, such revisions in priorities, scopes, costs, and

implementation schedules of infrastructure projects necessarily require a

revision and adjustment of allocations of the appropriations already authorized

under the existing Public Works Acts; and

WHEREAS, because of the extensive destruction wrought by the

recent typhoons and other calamities, there is an urgent need to allocate

sufficient funds for the immediate rehabilitation and reconstruction of the

damaged infrastructure and implementation of additional structural works to

mitigate future losses to life and property.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby

decree and order the following:

Section 1

SECTION 1. The amount of P10,825,000,000 representing a

portion of the unreleased balances of appropriations provided under the

aforementioned existing Public Works Acts is hereby reappropriated for the

construction, improvement, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and/or completion of

the following infrastructure projects, including engineering, supervision and

acquisition of sites, equipment, materials, supplies, and services to be used

directly for the projects:

a.

Major, Secondary, and Feeder Roads

P 8,635,000,000

b.

Ports

500,000.000

c .

Flood Control and Drainage........

900,000,000

d.

Shore Protection ..................

90,000,000

e.

Urban Infrastructure..............

500,000,000

f.

Miscellaneous Public Works........

200,000,000

Total

P10,825,000,000

Section 2

SEC. 2. Sections 2 to 12 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 132 are

hereby made applicable to the abovementioned projects. In addition, the Minister

of Public Works and Highways shall, in coordination with the Minister of the

Budget, render year-end reports to the President of the Philippines on the sums

actually reappropriated, released, and expended during the year under

consideration.

Section 3

SEC. 3. If any provision of this Decree is declared

unconstitutional, the remaining provisions shall remain in force.

Section 4

SEC. 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of July, in the year of Our Lord,

nineteen hundred and eighty-five.