The House of Representatives yesterday approved the bill appropriating P13.1 billion to fund the adjustment in compensation of national government employees, Rep. Jose Carlos Lacson (Neg. Occ., 3rd district), said.

This act shall take effect beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the bill said.

However, Lacson also said a counterpart version of the bill will have to be approved by the Senate before it can become a law and be implemented.

The P13 billion will cover funding requirements for the P1,000 per month additional allowance of national government employees covered by Republic Act No. 6758 or (the Compensation and Position Classification Act of 1989), as amended, and the military and uniformed personnel, Lacson, who voted for the approval of the bill, said.

Government-Owned and/or Controlled Corporations covered by Republic Act No. 6758 as amended, and local governments units are likewise authorized to grant additional allowance chargeable against their respective funds, the bill said. This is, however, "subject to the availability of funds".

If GOCC funds are not sufficient for the grant of this additional allowance, it may be partially implemented at a rate uniformly applied to all their respective personnel, the bill said. In the case of LGUs, the personal services limitation under Republic Act No. 7160 (the Local Government Code of 1991) shall be waived for purposes of the grant of the additional allowance, it added.*CG

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