Republic Act No. 8221

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1

The Capas National Shrine, more particularly described as follows, is placed under the administration of the Military Shrine Service, Philippine Veterans Affairs Office.

Capas National Shrine

A parcel of land, being a portion of Zone “8” of the Clark Air Base Military Reservation, situated at Barangay Aranguren, Capas, Tarlac, bounded on the east along lines 1-2 by Lot No. 1902 Cad. No. 615-D (PSU-43293, Lot-3); on the south along lines 2-3 by portion of reservation (PSU-2427); on the north along lines 4-5-6-7-8-9-1 by the provincial road. Beginning at the point marked "1", being N. 82 deg. 55' W., 204.12 m. from BLLM No. 6, Cad. 615-D. Thence

S. 03 deg. 49'E.,	1,000.00 m. to point 2;
S. 86 deg. 11W.,	529.81 m. to point 3;
N. 03 deg. 49'W.,	839.00 m. to point 4;
N. 59 deg. 38'E.,	229.23 m. to point 5;
N. 64 deg 19'E.,	52.20 m. to point 6;
N. 72 deg. 49'E.,	59.25 m. to point 7;
N. 77 deg. 14E.,	28.23 m. to point 8;
N. 82 deg. 56'E.,	82.18 m. to point 9;
N. 77 deg. 38'E.,	109.95 m. to the point of beginning containing an area of five hundred thousand square meters ( 500,000 sq. m. ), more or less.

Section 2

The shrine shall be developed as a memorial, with a monument and auxiliary Facilities dedicated to the memory of those who were incarcerated or died in the Capas Camp during the Second World War: Provided that said memorial shall consist of an area where a tree should be planted in memory of the twenty-five thousand (25,000) Filipino and six thousand (6,000) American soldiers who died in the camp: Provided, further, That the remaining areas in the shrine shall be converted into a mini-forest.

Section 3

The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

Section 4

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, October 9, 1996.