Full Title
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE MAGNA CARTA FOR SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERSONNEL IN THE GOVERNMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8439.
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Congress
17th Congress of the Republic
Senate Bill
S. No. 1534
SBN-1534, 3RD READING COPY
House Bill
H. No. 8734
Legislative History
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Floor Activity
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Committee Report Senate Link
View Committee Report
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Date of Approval
April 17, 2019

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8439, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'MAGNA CARTA FOR SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER S & T PERSONNEL IN THE GOVERNMENT
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2017 ]
7/31/2017 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CIVIL SERVICE, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION and FINANCE with Senator(s) LOREN B. LEGARDA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV and JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA as author(s) per Committee Report No. 144, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 394, 679 and 1333;
8/1/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
8/1/2017 Sponsor: Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
8/2/2017 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
8/2/2017 Sponsorship speech of Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
8/2/2017 Co-sponsorship speech of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA;
8/2/2017 Senators AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI were made co-authors;
8/2/2017 Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN manifested his intention to be made coauthor of SBN-1534;
8/30/2017 Period of interpellation closed;
11/21/2017 Period of individual amendments;
11/21/2017 Inquiry of Senator RALPH G. RECTO;
11/22/2017 Printed copies, amended as of November 21, 2017, were distributed to the Senators;
[ 2018 ]
3/7/2018 Period of individual amendments;
3/7/2018 Period of individual amendments closed;
3/7/2018 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
3/7/2018 AMENDED TITLE: AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8439, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MAGNA CARTA FOR SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERSONNEL IN THE GOVERNMENT
3/8/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
3/12/2018 Approved on Third Reading;
3/12/2018 In favor: (15) PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
3/12/2018 Against: (None) ;
3/12/2018 Abstention: (None) ;
3/14/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
[ 2019 ]
1/23/2019 House of Representatives designated Representatives Aumentado, Romero, Ungab, Yu and Arcillas as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1534 and HBN-8734 on January 21, 2019;
1/23/2019 Senate designated Senators Aquino IV, Gatchalian and Villanueva as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1534 and HBN-8734;
2/6/2019 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1534 and HBN-8734, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1534, in consolidation with HBN-8734, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE MAGNA CARTA FOR SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERSONNEL IN THE GOVERNMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8439.
2/6/2019 Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
2/6/2019 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
2/7/2019 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on February 6, 2019; (See: O.B. dated June 4, 2019)
3/11/2019 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 6, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1534 and HBN-8734, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
3/19/2019 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 18, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1534 and HBN-8734, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
3/21/2019 Enrolled copies of SBN-1534 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-8734, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte;
6/30/2019 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-8734, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on April 17, 2019 and became (Communication received by the LBIS on July 16, 2019)
6/30/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11312. (See: O.B. dated August 19, 2019, 18th Congress)
(The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)

Committees

Committee Report No.
144
Committee Referral
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Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
Senate Bill First in Billing
Subjects
Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
ENGINEERS -- PHILIPPINES
SCIENCE -- PHILIPPINES
Science and Technology
SCIENTISTS -- PHILIPPINES
Amendment Note
R.A. No. 8439, secs. 7, 8, 16

Full Text of Issuance

Business Mirror, July 19, 2019; 115 OG No. 31, 8202 (August 5, 2019)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11312, April 17, 2019 ]

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE MAGNA CARTA FOR SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERSONNEL IN THE GOVERNMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8439

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

SECTION 1. Section 7 of Republic Act No. 8439 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 7. Other Benefits. - Notwithstanding laws and issuances on Compensation and Position Classification System, and Salary Standardization in the Government, science and technology personnel defined under Section 5 of Republic Act No. 8439 shall receive the following:

"(a) Honorarium. - S & T personnel who rendered services beyond the established regular workload of scientists, technologists, researchers and technicians whose broad and superior knowledge, expertise or professional standing in a specific field contributes to productivity and innovativeness shall be entitled to receive honorarium subject to rules to be set by the Department.

"The government shall not impose a limit on the amount of additional honoraria sourced from externally funded grants that may be received by S & T personnel.

"x x x."

SEC. 2. Section 8 of Republic Act No. 8439 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 8. Non-DOST S & T Personnel. - S & T personnel not employed by the Department, who are involved in STA may avail of the benefits under this Act upon certification of the Head of their agency that they are involved in research and development or other scientific and technological activities: Provided, That the Heads of agencies shall abide by the guidelines promulgated by DOST for the certification of non-DOST personnel involved with research and development or scientific and technological activities and their entitlement to benefits provided in this Act."

SEC. 3. Section 16 of Republic Act No. 8439 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 16. Hiring of Retired Scientists and Technical Personnel. - An employee retired under any existing law, who, in the judgment of the governing board or head of a research agency, possesses technical qualifications and the capability to undertake specific scientific research activities, may be rehired on contractual basis without refunding the unexpired portion of the gratuity and accumulated leave benefits received by him from the Government: Provided, That no qualified science and technology expert is available to undertake said scientific activities.

The services of a scientist who is due for compulsory retirement may be extended for a maximum period of five (5) years: Provided, That the research project is within the priority research and development programs of the DOST and is identified as strategic to the national development as certified by the DOST Secretary: Provided, further, That the scientist is still mentally and physically fit to complete the project: Provided, finally, That the request for extension of services shall be submitted to the Civil Service Commission for approval at least three (3) months prior to the date of the compulsory retirement of the scientist.

"Services rendered during the period of extension shall be credited as part of government service, and such extension shall entitle the employee to leave credits and other benefits."

SEC. 4. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional the remaining provisions shall remain valid and effective.

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, and issuances, or portions thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette, or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

 

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO             Speaker of the House of Representatives (SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III             Speaker of the Senate

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1534 and House Bill No. 8734 was passed by the Senate of the Philippines and fehe House of Representatives on February 6, 2019. 

(SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING             Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives (SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA             Secretary of the Senate

Approved: APR 17 2019

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE    President of the Philippines   

 

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