WHEREAS, in the last few years the country has experienced prolonged and severe drought;

WHEREAS, this prolonged drought if not forestalled presents as a serious threat to the breakthrough already gained in the Government ™s food production program; and

WHEREAS, an immediate solution to minimize the effects of prolonged drought appears to be artificial rain stimulation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create the National Artificial Rain Stimulation Committee under the Office of the President composed of the following officials or their authorized representatives who shall attend the meetings and deliberations of the said body:

The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chairman

The Administrator, National Irrigation Administration

Vice-Chairman

Mr. Ramon M. Macabuhay

Project Director

The Director, Weather Bureau

Member

Representative of the National Power Corporation

Member

Representative of the National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority

Member

Representative of the Philippine Air Force

Member

Representative of the Development Bank of the Philippines

Member

Representative of the Philippine National Bank

Member

Representative of the Philippine Sugar Institute

Member

Representative of the Civil Aeronautics Administration

Member

Representative of the Rice and Corn Administration

Member

Representative of the National Science Development Board

Member

Representative of the Department of Meteorology, U.P.

Member

Mr. Edgardo F.Q. Yap

Member

The Committee shall have the following general functions:

1. Undertake an overall planning for artificial rain stimulation;
   
   
2. Coordinate all private and government programs and activities for artificial rain stimulation; and
   
   
3. Oversee the implementation of the approved program and to undertake performance evaluation of the project.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon all government departments, bureaus, offices or agencies for such assistance as it may deem necessary in discharging its functions.

The financial requirement for the operations of the Committee shall be provided first by the abovementioned agencies and second, by other government entities if the former cannot raise the necessary funds.

Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

By the President:
(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Acting Executive Secretary