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

SECTION 1. Section 65 of the 2019 General Appropriations Act or Republic Act No. 11260 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 65. Availability of Appropriations. - All appropriations authorized in this Act shall be available for release and obligation for the purpose specified, and under the same special provisions applicable thereto, until December 31, 2020.

"A report on these release and obligations shall be submitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate of the Philippines, the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance, either in printed form or by way of electronic document."

SEC. 2. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive issuances, rules and regulations  inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 3. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

 

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III             President of the Senate

(SGD.) ALAN PETER S. CAYETANO     Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on November 18, 2019, amended by the Senate on November 26, 2019, and which amendment was concurred in the House of Representatives on December 4, 2019.

   
 

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA         Senate of the Senate

(SGD.) JOSE LUIS G. MONTALES             Secretary General             House of Representatives

Approved: DEC 20 2019

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
    President of the Philippines