SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC
OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
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SENATE
Senate Bill No.
857
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA
AN ACT
CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE CENTER FOR STUDIES ON
INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. There is hereby created a Philippine Center for Studies on
Indigenous Cultural Communities, hereinafter referred to as "Center", in the
University of the Philippines.
SEC. 2. The Center shall conduct research and policy studies for the
protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous cultural communities to
ensure their economic, social and cultural well-being and provide an opportunity
to both Muslims and non-Muslims to participate in the national life and
development.
SEC. 3. The Center shall be composed of the existing Institute of Islamic
Studies in the University of the Philippines and an Institute of Studies on NonIslamic Cultural Communities in the Cordilleras and other regions.
SEC. 4. The Center shall be headed by an Executive Director who shall
be appointed by the President, with the confirmation of the Commission on
Appointments, for a term of five (5) years, from among the members of the
faculty of the University of the Philippines and other state colleges and
universities. The faculty member appointed as executive director shall, during
his service as such, be deemed as on leave from his position as faculty member.
SEC. 5. The Center shall. organize annually a national conference on
indigenous cultural communities and of officers, organizations and academic
institutions with functions, activities and/or programs related to these
communities.
The agenda of the conference shall be the studies of these communities.
In addition to recommendations on further studies, the conference shall also