Declares June 30 as Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day

Section 2 declares the Thirtieth of June of each year as Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day.
Section 2 mandates the day to commemorate cultural and historical ties, friendship, and cooperation between the Philippines and Spain.
Section 2 classifies June 30 as a national special working holiday.
Section 2 classifies June 30 as a special non-working holiday in Aurora Province.

Section 3 assigns the National Historical Institute (“NHI”) as responsible for implementing the Act.
Section 3 requires the NHI to formulate and issue implementing rules and regulations necessary for proper implementation.

Section 4 creates an Inter-agency Committee (“Committee”) to organize activities commemorating Fil-Hispano Day.
Section 4 names the Secretary of Foreign Affairs as Chairman of the Committee.
Section 4 designates the Executive Director of the National Historical Institute and the Mayor of Baler, Aurora as Co-Vice Chairmen.
Section 4 includes as members: an Undersecretary of the Department of Education, an Undersecretary of the Department Tourism, one (1) representative each from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the University of the Philippines History Department.
Section 4 provides that the Philippine Ambassador to Spain and the Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines are ex officio members of the Committee.

Section 5 requires an annual budget for the celebration of Fil-Hispano Day in the amount of PHP 15,000,000.00 to be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following enactment into law.
Section 5 requires that 30% of the annual budget be devoted exclusively for research and development.
Section 5 requires that after the initial inclusion, expenses for continued implementation be included in the subsequent General Appropriations Act.

Section 8 provides that the law takes effect within 15 days from publication in the Official Gazette or 2 newspapers of general circulation.

Section 6 states that if any section or provision is held unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining sections or provisions remain valid and effective.
Section 7 repeals or modifies all laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the Act.

Republic Act No. 9187 is entitled: “AN ACT DECLARING JUNE 30 OF THE YEAR AS PHILIPPINE-SPANISH FRIENDSHIP DAY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”
Republic Act No. 9187 was approved on February 05, 2003.
Effectivity rule in Section 8 governs the start of operation based on publication within 15 days in the Official Gazette or 2 newspapers of general circulation.
The law states it was finally passed by the Senate on December 17, 2002 and by the House of Representatives on December 18, 2002.