Adopting the Non-Infrastructure Capital Outlays Program of the National Government for Calendar Year Nineteen Hundred and Eighty

December 31, 1979

LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 113

ADOPTING THE NON-INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL OUTLAYS PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY

WHEREAS, the national budget for CY 1980 has been authorized under Batas Pambansa Blg. 40, the General Appropriations Act, and by various continuing and automatic appropriations;

WHEREAS, the capital outlays program needs to be evaluated to ensure full support of development goals, agency objectives and programs, and regional strategies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby approve the non-infrastructure capital outlays program for CY 1980 and the following measures to implement the appropriations for capital outlays approved under Batas Pambansa Blg. 40 and other pertinent laws:

1. The list of capital outlays and their corresponding obligational limits and cash estimates for CY 1980, as embodied in the attached Document, is hereby approved, covering all agencies of the national government, with the exception of the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Transportation have separately approved capital programs;

2. The various implementing agencies shall prepare the necessary work and financial plans to expeditiously and efficiently implement the approved projects in accordance with standard budgetary procedure, less approved budgetary reserves;

3. Funds shall be released as are necessary to comply with the approved program. Adjustments may be made pursuant to P.D. No. 1177, to take into account revisions in cost estimated occasioned by the energy crisis and unforeseen circumstances. Priority in the use of available funds shall be given for the completion of (a) projects suspended for lack of funds and (b) ongoing projects authorized for implementation in previous years but which require additional funds to complete. The project listings approved under this letter may be modified to generate funds in support of these suspended or ongoing projects.

4. Released funds shall be used only for the projects and the purposes authorized under the corresponding funds release.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 31st day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.