Transfer of Cultural Agencies to NCCA

Executive Order No. 80 is issued by the President under powers vested by law.
Executive Order No. 80 relies on Section 21, Chapter 8, Title II, Book III of the Administrative Code of 1987 for the organization of the Office of the President and agencies under it.
Executive Order No. 80 cites Section 23, Chapter 8, Title II, Book III of the Administrative Code of 1987 establishing that the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is an agency attached to the Office of the President.
Executive Order No. 80 cites Section 31, Chapter 10, paragraph 3, Title III, Book III of the Administrative Code of 1987, granting the President continuing authority to transfer agencies under the Office of the President to another department or agency, and to transfer agencies to the Office of the President from other departments or agencies.

Executive Order No. 80 directs that cultural agencies mandated to ensure the preservation, development, and promotion of Philippine culture be organized for coordinated implementation.
Executive Order No. 80 is premised on Republic Act No. 7356, which mandates the NCCA to coordinate the implementation of policies and programs on the development of culture and arts in coordination with cultural agencies.
Executive Order No. 80 provides that placing the cultural agencies under the NCCA is intended to properly effect coordinated government action toward the development of culture and arts.

Section 1 transfers the following cultural agencies from the Office of the President (OP) and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA):
- Cultural Center of the Philippines
- Commission on Filipino Language
- National Historical Institute
- National Library
- National Museum
- Records Management and Archives Office
Section 1 provides that the NCCA shall exercise administrative supervision over the transferred agencies.
Section 1 establishes that the transfer covers both agencies previously attached to the OP and those previously attached to DECS, aligning them under one administrative supervisor.

Section 2 provides that each transferred agency shall continue to operate and function in accordance with its respective charters or laws creating them.
Section 2 establishes the only limitation: continued operation applies except as otherwise provided in Executive Order No. 80.

Section 3 requires the NCCA to devise cooperative and collaborative arrangements and working relationships with the attached agencies.
Section 3 requires those arrangements to ensure the agencies’ involvement and participation as active partners of the NCCA.
Section 3 ties agency participation to pursuing the mandate and objectives of the NCCA under the Constitution and the law.
Section 3 requires each attached agency to periodically report to the NCCA on the progress of their programs and projects.

Section 4 provides that sums needed to carry out the provisions of Executive Order No. 80 are appropriated for the cultural agencies.
Section 4 directs that appropriations present at the time of approval of Executive Order No. 80 shall continue to be carried in subsequent annual General Appropriations Acts.

Section 5 repeals or modifies all Executive Orders, Rules and Regulations, or parts thereof that are contrary to or inconsistent with Executive Order No. 80.