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REP. SALVADOR B. BELARO, JR.
1-Ang Edukasyon Party-list
Assistant Majority Leader

Member, Higher and Technical Education and 10 other committees
 
HOUSE BILL SEEKS P10 BILLION FOR PHILIPPINES’ OWN SPACE AGENCY
 
Weather, climate, satellite communications, and heavenly phenomena are but some of the space-related issues which affect us Filipinos here on Earth. Outer space is one frontier we can urge the youth of today and future generations to explore and venture out into. For all these, our country needs its own Philippine Space Agency.
 
To institutionalize and make permanent, the space development program of the country, I am pushing for speedy passage of House Bill 6413, which seeks to set and implement space policy and programs.

HB 6413 provides for a space development fund of P10 billion. Initial year of operations funding would be from the budget of the Office of the President, DOST, and DND in the amount of P1 billion. 

The Manila Planetarium of the National Museum, the Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation, and Philippine Space Education Institute of the DOST would form part of the proposed Philippine Space Agency.

PhilSA will be attached to the Office of the President. Its purview includes space policy, industry development, education and capacity-building, research, and resource-sharing. 

Pillars of the space policy in HB 6413 are: national security and development; hazards management and climate studies; international cooperation; space education and awareness; space research and development; and space industry capacity building.

There are five bills in the House proposing the creation of the Philippine Space Agency: HB 3637; HB 4275; HB 4637; HB 4623; and HB 6413. (END)

BACKGROUNDER (PENDING HOUSE BILLS): 

HB03637 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE SPACE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION POLICY AND CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SPACE AGENCY (PSA) AND DEFINE THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF ITS ACTIVITIES

Principal Author/s: AUMENTADO, ERICO ARISTOTLE C.; JALOSJOS, SETH FREDERICK P.;

Main Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION

Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2016-09-21 

HB04275 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE SPACE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION POLICY AND CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SPACE AGENCY (PSA) AND DEFINE THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF ITS ACTIVITIES

Principal Author/s: NIETO, JOHN MARVIN "YUL SERVO" C.; MACEDA, EDWARD VERA PEREZ;

Main Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION

Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2016-11-09

HB04367 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE SPACE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION POLICY AND CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SPACE AGENCY (PSA) AND DEFINE THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF ITS ACTIVITIES

Principal Author/s: SALCEDA, JOEY SARTE

Main Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION

Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2016-11-21

HB04623 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE SPACE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION POLICY AND CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SPACE AGENCY (PSA) AND DEFINE THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF ITS ACTIVITIES

Principal Author/s: RODRIGUEZ, MAXIMO JR.B.

Main Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION

Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2016-12-1

HB06413 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PHILIPPINE SPACE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION FRAMEWORK AND CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SPACE AGENCY (PhilSA), DEFINING THE SCOPE OF ITS POWERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Principal Author/s: BELARO, SALVADOR JR. B.

Main Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION

Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2017-09-20

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