Malacañang said it will push for the passage of the United Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) Bill, a measure concerning government savings and project funding.

Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the bill was part of the discussion during the UPLIFT Committee meeting on Tuesday, April 28.

The bill, which concerns government savings, project listings, unreleased appropriations, and unobligated allotments, would also be tagged as priority or urgent by the executive branch, Castro said, citing its alignment with current economic and geopolitical conditions.

Among the objectives of the proposed measure are to remove the two-year prohibition of including in the proposed budget items that have been declared as savings and to enable the government to use unreleased appropriations and unobligated allotments from the 2025 and 2026 national budgets.

“Napag-usapan sa UPLIFT committee meeting ang balak gawing batas na UPLIFT Bill. Layunin nito, una, alisin ang dalawang taong pagbabawal sa pagsasama sa panukalang budget ng mga item na idineklarang ipon o savings (The plan to turn the UPLIFT Bill into law was discussed during the UPLIFT committee meeting. Its objective, first, is to remove the two-year prohibition on including in the proposed budget items that have been declared as savings)," Castro said in a Palace briefing.

“Pangalawa, para magbigay ng listahan ng mga programs, activities and projects na maaaring pondohan mula sa mga nakalaang budget. At pangatlo, layunin din nitong bigyan ng kakayahan ang pamahalaan na magamit ang unreleased appropriations at unobligated allotment mula sa fiscal year 2025 GAA at ang unreleased appropriations mula sa fiscal year 2026 GAA (Second, to provide a list of programs, activities, and projects that may be funded from the allocated budget. And third, it also aims to enable the government to use unreleased appropriations and unobligated allotments from the Fiscal Year 2025 GAA, as well as unreleased appropriations from the Fiscal Year 2026 GAA)," Castro added.

The proposal forms part of the government’s broader response under Executive Order No. 110, signed on March 24, 2026, which declared a state of national energy emergency.

The order also established the UPLIFT framework, a whole-of-government initiative intended to stabilize energy supply, ensure continuity of essential services, sustain economic activity, and protect vulnerable sectors amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

The proposal is intended to strengthen fiscal flexibility and improve the government’s ability to respond to emerging national priorities, according to Malacañang.