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Section 1
Transfer
Section 1.
Transfer.
The following cultural agencies are hereby transferred from OP and DECS to NCCA, which shall exercise administrative supervision over them:
a. Cultural Center of the Philippines;
b. Commission on Filipino Language;
c. National Historical Institute;
d. National Library;
e. National Museum; and
f. Records Management and Archives Office
Section 2
Powers and Functions
Section 2.
Powers and Functions.
These agencies shall continue to operate and function in accordance with their respective charters or laws creating them, except as otherwise provided herein.
Section 3
Coordination Between NCCA And The Cultural Agencies
Section 3.
Coordination Between NCCA And The Cultural Agencies.
The NCCA shall devise such cooperative and collaborative arrangement and working relationship with the attached agencies designated above to ensure their involvement and participation as active partners of the said Commission in the pursuit of its mandate and objectives under the Constitution and the law.
The aforementioned attached agencies shall periodically report to NCCA on the progress of their programs and projects.
Section 4
Appropriations
Section 4.
Appropriations.
Such sums as may be needed to carry out the provisions of this Executive Order which are appropriated for the cultural agencies at the time of the approval of this Executive Order shall continue to be carried in subsequent annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 5
Repealing Clause
Section 5.
Repealing Clause.
All Executive Orders, Rules and Regulations or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 6
Effectivity
Section 6.
Effectivity.
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 5th —day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine.
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(SGD.)
JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.)—
RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary