Niratipika ng Mababang Kapulungan ang bicameral conference committee report sa P3.002 trillion national budget para sa 2016 nitong Miyerkules ng gabi.
Labis na ikinatuwa ni House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. ang pagkakapasa ng pambansang budget bago matapos ang taon.
“Let me congratulate everyone for the timely passage of the 2016 GAA. For six consecutive years now, we have managed to pass the General Appropriations Act for the President’s approval, and ready for implementation for the coming fiscal year. I believe, that we have now firmly established the NEW NORM in the enactment of the national government budget,” ani Belmonte.
Ang bicameral committee ay pinamumunuan nina Senator Loren Legarda, chairperson ng Senate Finance Committee, at Rep. Isidro T. Ungab (3rd District, Davao City), chairman ng House Committee on Appropriations.
