Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The district engineering office in the Province of Kalinga, under the supervision of the Department of Public Works and Highways, shall be reconstituted into two (2) separate district engineering offices to be respectively named as the Upper Kalinga District Engineering Office and the Lower Kalinga District Engineering Office.

SEC. 2. The Upper Kalinga District Engineering Office to be located in the Municipality of Pasil shall comprise the municipalities of Pasil, Lubuagan, Balbalan and Tinglayan. The existing district engineering office located in the Municipality of Tabuk shall be known as the Lower Kalinga District Engineering Office and shall comprise the municipalities of Tabuk, Rizal, Tanudan and Pinukpuk.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall include in the Department’s program the operationalization of these two (2) engineering districts, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE President of the Senate

(Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR. Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on August 3, 2011 and December 17, 2012, respectively.

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES Secretary of the Senate

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: FEB 28 2013

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines