Title
Appropriations for handling donated relief goods
Law
Republic Act No. 2075
Decision Date
Jun 13, 1958
Republic Act No. 2075 appropriates eight hundred thousand pesos from the National Treasury for the handling, hauling, and distribution of relief goods donated to the Philippines by national relief or welfare organizations in the United States of America and other countries in the Free World, ensuring efficient and effective assistance to those in need during times of crisis.
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Appropriated amount and authorized use

  • Section 1 appropriates the sum of PHP 800,000 for handling, hauling, and distributing donated relief goods.
  • The appropriation is intended to cover operations connected to the donated goods’ delivery and distribution.
  • Section 1 limits the use of the appropriation to relief goods that were donated to the Philippines.

Coverage: donated relief goods and period

  • Section 1 covers relief goods donated to the Philippines during the fiscal year nineteen hundred fifty-seven-nineteen hundred fifty-eight.
  • Section 1 applies when the donors are “national relief or welfare organizations” in the United States of America and other countries in the Free World.
  • Section 1 covers goods “which have been donated to the Philippines” and proceeds directed to handling, hauling, and distribution.

Funding source

  • Section 1 authorizes the appropriation from “any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.”
  • The appropriation is drawn from the National Treasury subject to the statutory condition that the funds are not otherwise appropriated.

Procedural and implementation provisions

  • Republic Act No. 2075 contains only an appropriation and an effectivity rule.
  • Section 1 expressly authorizes appropriation for “handling, hauling and distributing” donated relief goods.
  • Section 2 provides the timing of effectivity: upon approval.

Transitory provisions and repeal

  • Republic Act No. 2075 applies to donated relief goods during the fiscal year nineteen hundred fifty-seven-nineteen hundred fifty-eight (Section 1).
  • Republic Act No. 2075 includes a single effectivity provision stating it takes effect upon approval (Section 2).

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