MANILA, March 14 -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on the third and final reading a priority bill seeking to implement a rightsizing program in the national government to improve the delivery of public service.

Listed as a priority bill of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., House Bill No. 7240 or the proposed Act Rightsizing the National Government, was passed with 292 votes, three against and zero abstentions.

Rightsizing is defined under the bill as "the process of analyzing and designing the appropriate roles, mandates, structures, functions, sizes, systems, as well as processes of government agencies to ensure effective, responsive and efficient service delivery."

The measure authorizes the President of the Philip...