Legislative purpose and policy
- Republic Act No. 2684 appropriates funds to support the training, preparation, and participation of a Filipino athletic delegation for the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy.
- Section 1 expressly funds aid intended to cover expenses for selection, assembling, equipping, preparation, and sending of an athletic delegation to represent the Philippines at the Olympic Games.
Appropriation amount and available funds
- Section 1 appropriates PHP 150,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
- The appropriation is taken out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
- Section 1 limits the appropriation to being used as aid for the recipient described in the law.
Who receives the aid
- Section 1 provides that the appropriated amount is aid to the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation.
- The aid is for defraying expenses tied to participation in the World Olympic Games to be held in Rome, Italy in 1960.
Scope of eligible Olympic expenses
- Section 1 requires the aid to be used for expenses for the selection of the delegation.
- Section 1 requires the aid to cover expenses for assembling the delegation.
- Section 1 requires the aid to cover expenses for equipping the delegation.
- Section 1 requires the aid to cover expenses for preparation of the delegation.
- Section 1 requires the aid to cover expenses for sending the delegation to represent the Philippines at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy.
Transitory and implementation terms
- Section 1 limits the appropriation to PHP 150,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the covered Olympic activities.
- Section 2 sets the law’s implementation trigger: take effect upon approval.