Negros Island Region Establishment

Emphasizes government efficiency aligned with national goals for rapid social and economic progress.
Advocates administrative decentralization.
Aims to strengthen local autonomy and accelerate regional cultural, social, and economic development.

Establishes the NIR composed of three provinces:
- Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City.
- Negros Oriental.
- Siquijor.
The region includes all cities, municipalities, and barangays within these provinces.

Regional offices are created for effective public service delivery within the NIR.
Offices are divided by province and cluster of departments:
- Negros Occidental:
  - Agriculture and Land-Related Cluster: Departments of Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources, Agrarian Reform, and Human Settlements and Urban Development.
  - Peace and Order and Security Cluster: Departments of Justice, Interior and Local Government, Philippine National Police, and National Defense.
  - Governance Cluster: Departments of Budget and Management, Finance, National Economic and Development Authority, Foreign Affairs, Commission on Audit, and Commission on Elections.
- Negros Oriental:
  - Human Development Cluster: Departments of Education, Social Welfare and Development, Health, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Commission on Higher Education, Civil Service Commission, Philippine Statistics Authority, and Department of Labor and Employment.
  - Infrastructure Cluster: Departments of Public Works and Highways, Transportation, Information and Communications Technology, and Energy.
  - Industry and Labor Cluster: Departments of Trade and Industry, Tourism, Science and Technology, and Finance - Securities and Exchange Commission.

Constituted immediately upon the Act's approval.
Composed of:
- National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
- Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
- Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
- Representative of the provincial governors.
- Representatives from all elected House Members of the provinces.
Mandated to formulate institutional arrangements, organizational development, investment programming, and public service provision plans for the NIR.
DILG serves as the secretariat of the TWG.

Initial funding is charged against current year appropriations of concerned agencies.
Subsequent funding will be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

The DILG, NEDA, and DBM, in consultation with provincial governments of NIR, shall promulgate the IRR within sixty (60) days from the Act's effectivity.

If any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, other unaffected provisions remain in full force and effect.

All laws, rules, or regulations inconsistent with this Act are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.

The Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.