ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 159, January 18, 1969

FURTHER AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 37 DATED MARCH 13, 1967, AS AMENDED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58 DATED MAY 28, 1967 AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 135 DATED AUGUST 1, 1968, ENTITLED “CREATING THE UPPER PAMPANGA RIVER PROJECT COORDINATING COMMITTEE”

By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby further amend Administrative Order No. 37 dated March 13, 1967 amended by Administrative Order No. 58 dated May 28, 1967 and Administrative Order No. 135 dated August 1, 1968, creating the Upper Pampanga River Project Coordinating Committee, reconstituting its membership and redefining its functions as follows:

The Administrator, National Irrigation Administration ......................	Chairman
The General Manager, National Power Corporation ......................	Member
The Director, Bureau of Public Works ............................................	Member
The Executive Director, Rice and Corn Production Coordinating Council ...................................................	Member
The General Manager, National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority .............................	Member

The Coordinating Committee is empowered:

1. To assist and advise the designated implementing agency in the negotiation for loans to finance the multi-purpose project;

2. To assist and advise the implementing agency in everything necessary and expedient for the early completion of the project;

3. To prepare the definite project report, including allocation of cost;

4. To recommend to the President policies, rules and regulations that will govern the proper operation of the multi-purpose system after the completion of the project, including the powers, functions and responsibilities of each participating agency, subject to the provisions of applicable law and/or agreements with the project financing institutions;

5. To call upon any office of the government or any government-controlled corporation for cooperation and assistance; and

6. To submit a quarterly progress report to the President.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS

Executive Secretary