Partylist Representatives in the Lower House of Congress

Basahin sa Filipino

This page includes the post-obit:

• Introduction
• The Legislative Process
• History of the Legislature

Introduction

The Batasang Pambansa in Quezon Urban center is the current base of the House of Representatives.

According to the 1987 Constitution, legislative ability shall be vested in the Congress of the Philippines, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.

The Senate shall be equanimous of twenty-four Senators who shall be elected at big by the qualified voters of the Philippines, as may be provided past law; the House of Representatives shall be composed of non more than than 250 (unless otherwise stock-still past law), twenty percent of whom must be Party-list representatives.

The qualifications to get a senator, as stipulated in the constitution, are:

1. a natural-born citizen of the Philippines;
2. at least thirty-5 years old;
3. is able to read and write
4. a registered voter; and
5. a resident of the Philippines for not less than 2 years earlier election 24-hour interval.

Meanwhile, the constitution provides for the following criteria to become a fellow member of the Business firm of Representatives:

1. a natural-born citizen of the Philippines;
2. at least xx-5 years erstwhile;
3. is able to read and write; and
4. except the party-list representatives, a registered voter and a resident for at least ane year in the district where s/he shall be elected.

Legislative process

Congress is responsible for making enabling laws to brand certain the spirit of the constitution is upheld in the country and, at times, better or modify the constitution itself. In order to arts and crafts laws, the legislative body comes out with two main documents: bills and resolutions.

Resolutions convey principles and sentiments of the Senate or the Business firm of Representatives. These resolutions can further be divided into three dissimilar elements:

• joint resolutions — crave the approving of both chambers of Congress and the signature of the President, and have the forcefulness and event of a law if canonical.
• concurrent resolutions — used for matters affecting the operations of both chambers of Congress and must exist approved in the same course by both houses, but are not transmitted to the President for his signature and therefore have no force and result of a law.
• simple resolutions — bargain with matters entirely inside the prerogative of one sleeping room of Congress, are not referred to the President for his signature, and therefore accept no strength and effect of a police.

Bills are laws in the making. They pass into police when they are approved past both houses and the President of the Philippines. A bill may be vetoed by the President, just the Firm of Representatives may overturn a presidential veto by garnering a two/3rds vote. If the President does not act on a proposed law submitted by Congress, it will lapse into law later 30 days of receipt.

Below is a chart mapping the process past which a law is fabricated:

Officers and committees of the Senate

Senate officers

Senate President                               :       Sen. Franklin Drilon

Senate President Pro-Tempore          :       Sen. Ralph Recto

Majority Floor Leader                         :       Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano

Minority Floor Leader                         :       Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile

Committee on the Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations (Blue Ribbon)

Chairperson: Sen. Teofisto Guingona III

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance past officers and employees of the government; implementation of the constitutional provision on nepotism; and investigation of any thing of public interest on its own initiative or brought to its attending past any member of the Senate.

Committee on Accounts

Chairperson: unfilled

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the auditing and aligning of all accounts chargeable confronting the funds for the expenses and activities of the Senate.

Committee on Agrarian Reform

Chairperson: Sen. Gregorio Honasan Two

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to agrarian reform, landed estates, and implementation of the agrestal country reform provisions of the Constitution.

Committee on Agriculture and Food

Chairperson: Sen. Cynthia Villar

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to agriculture, nutrient-production and agri-business, such every bit agricultural experimental stations, soil survey and conservation, animate being husbandry, and fisheries and aquatic resource.

Committee on Banks, Fiscal Institutions, and Currencies

Chairperson: Sen. Sergio Osmeña III

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to banks, fiscal institutions, government and private currencies, capital letter markets, mutual funds, securitization, coinage and circulation of coin.

Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization

Chairperson: Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the civil service and the status of officers and employees of the government including their bounty privileges, benefits, and collective negotiation agreements; reorganization of the government or whatsoever of its branches; and all other matters relating to the bureaucracy.

Commission on Climate change

Chairperson: Sen. Loren Legarda

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to policies, programs, strategies, technologies and other innovations addressing global warming and climate change impacts.

Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes

Chairperson: Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago

Jurisdiction: All matters proposing amendments to the constitution of the Philippines, and the revision of existing codes.

Commission on Cooperatives

Chairperson: Sen. Manuel Lapid

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to cooperatives, including farm credit and farm security, cooperative movements, and the implementation of the Cooperative Code of the Philippines.

Committee on Cultural Communities

Chairperson: Sen. Loren Legarda

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to cultural communities.

Committee on Economic Affairs

Chairperson: Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to economic planning and programming, general economic development, and coordination, regulation and diversification of industry and investments.

Commission on Educational activity, Arts, and Culture

Chairperson: Sen. Pia Cayetano

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to education, schools, colleges, and universities; the implementation of the constitution provision for a free public unproblematic and secondary instruction; non-formal, informal and indigenous learning systems, and adult education; the preservation, enrichment and evolution of Filipino arts and culture; and the establishment and maintenance of libraries, museums, shrines, monuments, and other historical sites and edifices.

Committee on Balloter Reform and People's Participation

Chairperson: Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Iii

Jurisdiction: All matters pertaining to ballot laws and to the implementation of the ramble provisions on initiative and referendum on legislative acts, call up of elective officials, the role and rights of people'due south organizations, and sectoral or political party list representation.

Committee on Energy

Chairperson: Sen. Sergio Osmeña III

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the exploration, exploitation, development, extraction, importation, refining, transport, distribution, marketing, conservation, or storage of all forms of energy; renewable and potential forms of energy resources; and generation, manual and distribution of electric power.

Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Chairperson: Sen. Loren Legarda

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the conservation and protection of the environs, and all matters relating to the management, development, protection, exploration and utilization of the country's national reserves such as forest and mineral resources.

Committee on Ethics and Privileges

Chairperson: unfilled

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the bear, rights, privileges, rubber, dignity, integrity, and reputation of the Senate and its members.

Committee on Finance

Chairpersons: Sen. Francis Escudero (Subcommittee A), Sen. Sergio Osmeña III (Subcommittee B), Sen. Loren Legarda (Subcommittee C), Sen. Ralph Recto (Subcommittee D), Sen. Teofisto Guingona Three (Subcommittee E)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to funds for the expenditures of the national government and for the payment of public indebtedness; auditing of accounts and expenditures of the national government; intergovernmental acquirement sharing; and, in general, all matters relating to public expenditures.

Committee on Foreign Relations

Chairperson: Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the relations of the Philippines with other nations; diplomatic and consular service; the United Nations (United nations) and its agencies, the Asean (ASEAN), and other multilateral organizations; all international agreements, obligations and contracts; and overseas Filipinos.

Commission on Games, Amusement, and Sports

Chairperson: Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to games and amusement such as lotteries, equus caballus-racing, boxing, and basketball, and matters related to amateur grassroots and aristocracy sports development.

Committee on Authorities Corporations and Public Enterprises

Chairperson: Sen. Cynthia Villar

Jurisdiction: All matters affecting government corporations, including all amendments to their charters, the interests of the government industrial and commercial enterprises, and privatization.

Committee on Health and Census

Chairperson: Sen. Teofisto Guingona 3

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to public health, medical, hospital and quarantine services, and population problems, concerns, policies and programs affecting individuals and their families.

Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Chairperson: Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the system and assistants of justice, civil courts, and penitentiaries; impeachment proceedings against constitutional officers and other officers; registration of land titles; clearing and naturalization; the implementation of the constitutional provisions on human rights; and all matters pertaining to the efficiency and reforms in the prosecution service.

Commission on Labor, Employment, and Human Resource Development

Chairperson: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to labor employment and human resources development; labor instruction and standards; recruitment, training and placement of workers and exports of human being resource; and promotion and development of workers' organizations.

Committee on Local Government

Chairperson: Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to autonomous regions, provinces, cities, special metropolitan political subdivisions, municipalities, and barangays.

Commission on National Defense and Security

Chairperson: Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to national defense, and external and internal threats to national security; the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP); war veterans and military retirees; ceremonious defense; and military research and development.

Committee on Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation

Chairperson: Sen. Teofisto Guingona III

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to peace, armed disharmonize resolution, political negotiation, abeyance of hostilities, amnesty, integration and development of former rebels, and national unification and reconciliation.

Committee on Public Information and Mass Media

Chairperson: Sen. Grace Poe

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to public information, mass advice and broadcast services, the implementation of the constitutional provisions regarding ownership of mass media and the advertising industry, and the artistic standards and quality of the motility picture and television manufacture.

Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs

Chairperson: Sen. Grace Poe

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to peace and order, the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Agency of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), and private security agencies; the possession, apply, cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of prohibited and regulated drugs, the prosecution of offenders, and rehabilitation of drug users and dependents.

Committee on Public Services

Chairperson: Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr.

Jurisdiction: All matters affecting public services and utilities, communications, country, air, river and sea transportation including railroads, inter-island navigation and lighthouses, and the grant or amendment of legislative franchises.

Commission on Public Works

Chairperson: Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to planning, construction, maintenance, improvement and repair of public buildings, highways, bridges, roads, ports, airports, harbors and parks, drainage and flood control, and irrigation and water utilities.

Committee on Rules

Chairperson: Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano

Jurisdiction: All matters affecting the rules of the Senate, the calendar and parliamentary rules, the order and manner of transacting business, and the creation of committees.

Commission on Science and Applied science

Chairperson: Sen. Ralph Recto

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to science and technology, including scientific and technological research, development and advancement.

Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development

Chairperson: Sen. Maria Lourdes Binay

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to rural evolution and welfare, and the implementation of the constitution provisions on social justice.

Committee on Tourism

Chairperson: Sen. Manuel Lapid

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to tourism and the tourist manufacture.

Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship

Chairperson: Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino IV

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to domestic and foreign trade and private corporations; micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs); social enterprises; the promotion of entrepreneurship and the regulation of entrepreneurial practice; patents, copyrights, trade names and trademarks; quality control; control and stabilization of prices of commodities; consumer protection; and handicraft and cottage industries.

Committee on Urban Planning, Housing, and Resettlement

Chairperson: Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to urban country reform planning, housing, resettlement, and urban community development.

Committee on Means and Means

Chairperson: Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to revenue-generation, taxes and fees, tariffs, loans, and other sources and forms of revenue.

Committee on Women, Family Relations, and Gender Equality

Chairperson: Sen. Pia Cayetano

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the women, family relations, and equality earlier the constabulary of women and men.

Committee on Youth

Chairperson: Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino IV

Jurisdiction: All matters related to the youth and its vital role in nation-building, promotion and protection of their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being, and their involvement in public and civic affairs.

Officers and committees of the House of Representatives

House Speaker                     :       Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr. (Quezon City, 4th District)

Deputy Firm Speakers        :       Rep. Henedina Abad (Batanes, Lone District)

                                                       Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao (Isabela, fourth District)

                                                       Rep. Sergio Apostol (Leyte, 2nd District)

                                                       Rep. Pangalian Balindong (Lanao del Sur, 2nd District)

                                                       Rep. Carlos Padilla (Nueva Vizcaya, Solitary District)

                                                       Rep. Roberto Puno (Antipolo City, 1st District)

Majority Floor Leader             :       Rep. Neptali Gonzales II (Mandaluyong City, Lone Commune)

Minority Floor Leader             :       Rep. Ronaldo Zamora (San Juan City, Lone District)

Committee on Accounts

Chairperson: Rep. Eleandro Jesus Madrona (Romblon, Lonely Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the internal budget of the Firm of Representatives, including budget preparation, submission and approving, disbursements, accounting, and fiscal operations.

Committee on Agrarian Reform

Chairperson: Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr. (Ifugao, Lone Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to agrarian reform, the resettlement of and other support services for agrarian reform beneficiaries, and the implementation and amendment of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law.

Committee on Agriculture and Food

Chairperson: Rep. Mark Llandro Mendoza (Batangas, 4th District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to food and agricultural production, agri-business organisation, agricultural enquiry and engineering science, soil survey and inquiry, irrigation, farm credit and security, animal industry, and ingather and livestock product.

Committee on Appropriations

Chairperson: Rep. Isidro Ungab (Davao Urban center, 3rd District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the expenditures of the national government including payment of public indebtedness, creation or abolition and nomenclature of positions in government, and the determination of salaries, allowances and benefits of government personnel.

Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources

Chairperson: Rep. Benhur Salimbangon (Cebu, 4th District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to aquaculture and fisheries production and development, aquaculture business, use of aquatic resources, freshwater and fisheries culture research and technology, and conservation of rivers, lakes and other fisheries resources.

Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries

Chairperson: Rep. Sonny Collantes (Batangas, third Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to cyberbanking and currency, government-owned or controlled banks and financial institutions, non-government banks and financial institutions, insurance, and securities.

Committee on Basic Educational activity and Culture

Chairperson: Rep. Kimi Cojuangco (Pangasinan, fifth District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to pre-school, elementary and secondary education, science high schools (except the Philippine Science High School), teachers' and students' welfare, alternative learning systems and community developed pedagogy, the national language, libraries and museums, and the preservation and enrichment of Filipino civilization.

Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulation

Chairperson: Rep. Andres Salvacion Jr. (Leyte, third Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the arrangement, operation, management, rules and regulations of the civil service, the welfare and benefits of government officers and employees, and the regulation and exercise of professions.

Committee on Constitutional Amendments

Chairperson: Rep. Mylene Garcia-Albano (Davao Urban center, second District)

Jurisdiction: All matters directly and principally relating to amendments or revisions of the constitution.

Commission on Cooperatives Evolution

Chairperson: Rep. Cresente Paez (COOP NATCCO Party-list)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to cooperatives (consumer, producers, marketing, service, electrical, and multi-purpose), urban- and rural-based credit, and the implementation or amendment of the Cooperative Lawmaking of the Philippines.

Committee on Dangerous Drugs

Chairperson: Rep. Vicente Belmonte Jr. (Iligan City, Lone District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to illegal or prohibited drugs, its product, manufacture, utilize and trafficking, and the rehabilitation and treatment of drug dependents.

Commission on Ecology

Chairperson: Rep. Amado Bagatsing (Manila, 5th District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to ecosystem direction, including pollution control.

Commission on Economical Affairs

Chairperson: Rep. Enrique Cojuangco (Tarlac, 1st District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to economical development planning and programs, inclusive of economic and socio-economic studies, and development policies and strategies.

Committee on Free energy

Chairperson: Rep. Reynaldo Umali (Oriental Mindoro, 2nd Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the exploration, evolution, utilization or conservation of free energy resources, and entities involved in energy or ability generation, transmission, distribution and supply.

Committee on Ethics and Privileges

Chairperson: Rep. Joaquin Chipeco Jr. (Laguna, 2nd Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the duties, conduct, rights, privileges and immunities, nobility, integrity, and reputation of the Firm of Representatives and its members.

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Chairperson: Rep. Al Francis Bichara (Albay, 2nd District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the relations of the Philippines with other countries, diplomatic and consular services, the United Nations (UN) and its agencies, and other international organizations and agencies.

Committee on Games and Amusements

Chairperson: Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (Cavite, quaternary District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to all forms and places of gaming and amusements.

Committee on Good Governance and Public Accountability

Chairperson: Rep. Oscar Rodriguez (Pampanga, tertiary District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance by officers and employees of the regime, inclusive of investigations of whatever affair of public interest on its own initiative or upon an order past the House of Representatives.

Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization

Chairperson: Rep. Jesus Sacdalan (North Cotabato, 1st District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the creation, system, operation, reorganization, and amendments of charters of government-endemic or controlled corporations (GOCCs) including the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security Arrangement (SSS), but excluding government-owned or controlled banks and fiscal institutions.

Commission on Government Reorganization

Chairperson: Rep. Romeo Acop (Antipolo City, 2d Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the reorganization of the government and its branches, departments and instrumentalities, and the creation, abolitionism or modify of the principal functions or nature of any government department, agency, commission or board.

Committee on Health

Chairperson: Rep. Eufranio Eriguel, Chiliad.D. (La Marriage, second Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to public health and hygiene, and quarantine, medical, infirmary and other wellness facilities and services.

Committee on College and Technical Educational activity

Chairperson: Rep. Roman Romulo (Pasig City, Solitary District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to postal service-secondary and 3rd didactics, technical education, distance education, students' and teachers' welfare, and centers of excellence.

Committee on Housing and Urban Evolution

Chairperson: Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to shelter commitment, and the management of urbanization problems and concerns such as urban planning and development, urban land reform and welfare of the urban poor.

Committee on Human Rights

Chairperson: Rep. Guillermo Romarate Jr. (Surigao del Norte, 2nd District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the protection and enhancement of man rights, assist to victims of human rights violations and their families, the prevention of violations of human rights, and the penalisation of perpetrators of such violations.

Commission on Information and Communications Applied science

Chairperson: Rep. Joel Roy Duavit (Rizal, 1st Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to postal, telegraph, radio, broadcast, cable boob tube, telephone, convergence, computers and telecommunication technologies, information systems inclusive of hardware, software and content applications, mobile short messaging system (SMS) applications, and networks that enable access to online technology.

Commission on Interparliamentary Relations and Affairs

Chairperson: Rep. Raul del Mar (Cebu City, 1st Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to inter-parliamentary relations and linkages with international parliamentary organizations, establishment of inter-parliamentary friendship societies, and visits of parliamentary delegations likewise as other foreign dignitaries.

Committee on Justice

Chairperson: Niel Tupas Jr. (Iloilo, 5th District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the administration of justice, the Judiciary, the practice of constabulary and integration of the Bar, legal aid, penitentiaries, impeachment proceedings, registration of land titles, immigration, deportation, naturalization, and the definition of crimes and their penalties.

Commission on Labor and Employment

Chairperson: Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles (Davao City, 1st Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to labor, the advancement and protection of workers' rights and welfare, employment and manpower development, labor standards, and the organization and development of the labor market including the recruitment, training and placement of manpower.

Committee on Legislative Franchises

Chairperson: Rep. Marcelino Teodoro (Marikina City, 1st Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters directly and principally relating to the grant, subpoena, extension or revocation of franchises.

Commission on Local Government

Chairperson: Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr. (South Cotabato, 1st District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to autonomous regions, provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays, including their revenues and expenditures.

Committee on Metro Manila Evolution

Chairperson: Rep. Winston Castelo (Quezon City, 2nd Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to policies and programs to promote and raise the development of the Metro Manila expanse.

Committee on Mindanao Affairs

Chairperson: Rep. Arnulfo Go (Sultan Kudarat, 2d District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the evolution of Mindanao, including the training of a comprehensive and integrated development plan for Mindanao.

Commission on Muslim Affairs

Chairperson: Rep. Tupay Loong (Sulu, 1st District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to Muslim affairs inclusive of the welfare of Muslim Filipinos, and the evolution of predominantly Muslim areas.

Committee on National Cultural Communities

Chairperson: Rep. Nancy Catamco (North Cotabato, second District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to national cultural communities, and the development of predominantly cultural community areas.

Committee on National Defense and Security

Chairperson: Rep. Rodolfo Biazon (Muntinlupa City, Lone District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to national defence and national security, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), military bases, coast and geodetic surveys, and disaster relief and rescue.

Committee on Natural Resources

Chairperson: Rep. Francisco Matugas (Surigao del Norte, 1st Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to natural resources (except free energy and fisheries resources) and their exploration, conservation, management and utilization, public domain lands, mines and minerals, forests, parks and wildlife, and marine resources.

Commission on Overseas Workers Affairs

Chairperson: Rep. Walden Bello (Akbayan Party-list)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to policies and programs on the promotion and protection of the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families.

Committee on People's Participation

Chairperson: Rep. Benjamin Asilo (Manila, 1st District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the role, rights and responsibilities of people's organizations, not-government and civic organizations, and other similar groups, and the establishment of mechanisms on people'south participation in governance and legislation.

Committee on Population and Family unit Relations

Chairperson: Rep. Rogelio Espina, M.D. (Biliran, Lone District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to population growth and family planning, population demography and statistics, family relations, and care of the elderly.

Commission on Poverty Alleviation

Chairperson: Rep. Salvio Fortuno (Camarines Sur, 5th District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to policies and programs to accost the poverty situation in the country and other deportment to alleviate the plight of the poor, and promote their correct to equal access to opportunities.

Committee on Public Information

Chairperson: Rep. Jorge Almonte (Misamis Occidental, 1st District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the production and dissemination of information to the public through all forms of mass communications and media such as print and broadcast media, movie and television, video, advertising, cablevision television, and the cyberspace.

Committee on Public Order and Safety

Chairperson: Rep. Jeffrey Ferrer (Negros Occidental, quaternary District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the suppression of criminality including those on illegal gambling, individual armies, terrorism, organized criminal offence and illegal drugs, regulation of firearms, firecrackers and pyrotechnics, civil defense, private security agencies, and the Philippine National Constabulary (PNP).

Committee on Public Works and Highways

Chairperson: Rep. Ronald Cosalan (Benguet, Lone District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the planning, construction, maintenance, comeback and repair of public infrastructure inclusive of buildings, highways, bridges, roads, parks, drainage, inundation command and water utilities.

Committee on Revision of Laws

Chairperson: Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas (Pangasinan, sixth Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the revision and codified of laws.

Commission on Rules

Chairperson: Rep. Neptali Gonzales II (Mandaluyong City, Lone Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the rules of the House of Representatives, rules of procedure in impeachment proceedings, order of business, calendar of business, the referral of bills, resolutions, speeches, committee reports, letters, and the creation of committees.

Commission on Rural Evolution

Chairperson: Rep. Manuel Agyao (Kalinga, Solitary District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the evolution of rural areas and islands through policies, programs, and support services including livelihood and enterprise development, microfinancing, community mobilization and evolution, and access to rural projects funding and financing.

Commission on Science and Engineering

Chairperson: Rep. Victor Yu (Zamboanga del Sur, 1st District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to scientific discipline and technology including scientific and technological research and development, scientific discipline and engineering education including the Philippine Science Loftier Schoolhouse System, intellectual property rights on biotechnology, and climate and weather forecasting.

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development

Chairperson: Rep. Neil Benedict Montejo (An Waray Party-list)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to policies and programs on entrepreneurship development including the promotion of entrepreneurship, support to entrepreneurs, and the institution and development of small and medium-calibration enterprises (SMEs).

Committee on Social Services

Chairperson: Rep. Arturo Robes (San Juan del Monte City, Lone District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the social development and welfare of persons with disabilities or special needs, including social services and interventions that heighten quality of life.

Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms

Chairperson: Rep. Fredenil Castro (Capiz, second District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the protection and advancement of the correct of suffrage, and the conduct of elections, plebiscites, initiatives, recalls and referenda.

Committee on Tourism

Chairperson: Rep. Rene Relampagos (Bohol, 1st District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the development and promotion of tourism and the tourist industry, both domestic and international.

Committee on Trade and Industry

Chairperson: Rep. Marker Villar (Las Piñas Urban center, Lone District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to domestic and strange merchandise, intellectual holding rights, patents, standards, weights and measures, quality control, consumer protection, prices of bolt, handicrafts and cottage industries, and the development, regulation and diversification of industry and investments.

Committee on Transportation

Chairperson: Rep. Cesar Sarmiento (Catanduanes, Lone District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to land, sea, and air transportation, the establishment, operation, management and regulation of airports, seaports and other mass transportation systems including rails systems and roll on-roll off (RO-RO) systems, civil aviation, air send agreements, transportation safety standards, air send security, and maritime security.

Commission on Veterans Affairs and Welfare

Chairperson: Rep. Herminia Roman (Bataan, 1st District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the welfare of war veterans, veterans of war machine campaigns, military retirees, and their surviving spouses and beneficiaries.

Committee on Ways and Means

Chairperson: Rep. Romero Quimbo (Marikina City, second District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the financial, budgetary and financial affairs of the national regime, including tariff, taxation, revenues, borrowing, and credit and bonded indebtedness.

Committee on Welfare of Children

Chairperson: Rep. Aurora Enerio Cerilles (Zamboanga del Sur, second District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the needs, teaching and overall welfare of Filipino children.

Commission on Welfare and Gender Equality

Chairperson: Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica (Bulacan, 4th District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the rights and welfare of women and female children and youth, inclusive of their educational activity, employment and working conditions, and concerns relating to gender equality.

Committee on Youth and Sports Development

Chairperson: Rep. Anthony Del Rosario (Davao del Norte, 1st District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to youth development, including the development of their leadership potentials and the promotion of their moral, physical, intellectual and social well-being, and sports development.

Special Committee on Bases Conversion

Chairperson: Rep. Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales (CIBAC Party-list)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to policies and programs relating to bases conversion, the operation of special economic zones in sometime military bases, auction of armed services camps, relocation of military camps and personnel, and the construction of new military camps.

Special Committee on Bicol Recovery and Economic Development

Chairperson: Rep. Rodel Batocabe (Ako Bicol Party-listing)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to policies and programs to promote the development of the Bicol region, inclusive of developmental projects, care programs and the Bicol River basin project.

Special Committee on the East ASEAN Growth Area

Chairperson: Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza (TUCP Party-listing)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to social, political, economic policies affecting the countries within the area, and the promotion of trade and investment among these countries.

Special Committee on Nutrient Security

Chairperson: Rep. Agapito Guanlao (Butil Party-list)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to programs and policies relating to food production and distribution, sustained growth and self-reliance in the product of basic food bolt, the availability of these bolt to the people, and long-term nutrient security for the nation.

Special Committee on Globalization and WTO

Chairperson: Rep. Irwin Tieng (Buhay Party-list)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the effects on diverse social sectors of World Trade Organization (WTO) policies, and other actions to harness opportunities offered by globalization for evolution.

Special Committee on Land Use

Chairperson: Rep. Kaka Bag-ao (Dinagat Islands, Alone Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to land utilise issues inclusive of the enhancement of resource use and management of ethnic cultural communities, preservation of historical and cultural heritage sites, and linkages amid agencies and stakeholders in land resources management.

Special Committee on Millennium Development Goals

Chairperson: Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr. (Aklan, Lone Commune)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the achievement of the country's commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.

Special Committee on the N Luzon Growth Quadrangle

Chairperson: Rep. Maximo Dalog (Mountain Province, Solitary District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to all policies and programs concerning the development of municipalities, cities, provinces, and other local communities in the northwest Luzon area.

Special Committee on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity

Chairperson: Rep. Jim Hataman-Salliman (Basilan, Lone District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to negotiations and other initiatives in pursuit of the peace process and national reconciliation, the abeyance of hostilities generated by internal armed conflicts, and the welfare of rebel-returnees.

Special Committee on Reforestation

Chairperson: Rep. Susan Yap (Tarlac, 2nd District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to policies and programs on reforestation, and other actions to ensure the implementation of a sustained community-based nationwide reforestation program.

Committee on Southern Tagalog Development

Chairperson: Rep. Isidro Rodriguez Jr. (Rizal, 2nd District)

Jurisdiction: All matters relating to the development of the Southern Tagalog surface area, inclusive agronomical areas, tourism, economic, and industrial estates and processing areas therein.

History of the legislature

Representation in the Spanish Cortes

Prior to the creation of a legislature in the Philippines, Filipinos, from fourth dimension to time, were allowed to sit down in the Castilian Cortes as representatives of the Philippine Islands. In 1810, the Castilian government immune Filipinos to receive Spanish citizenship and appropriate representation in the Cortes. When the Cadiz Constitution was in total force and effect, Filipino representation became a standard in the Cortes. However, in 1837, the liberal Cortes finally abolished representation and declared that overseas territories of Spain to be ruled past special laws. This loss of representation was one of the main points that Jose Rizal and other propagandists were fighting for during the Propaganda movement.

Malolos Republic, 1899 – 1901

The beginning Filipino legislature was convened on September 15, 1898 in Barasoain Church building, Malolos, Bulacan. Later known as the Malolos Commonwealth, it drafted the first constitution of the Philippines, which was likewise the first democratic constitution in Asia. The Congress included delegates from different provinces of the Philippines, some elected and some appointed. It was a short-lived legislature, unable to pass any laws due to the onset of the Philippine-American State of war. The first Philippine Republic was ended on March 23, 1901 with the capture of President Emilio Aguinaldo in Palanan, Isabela.

Philippine Commission, 1899 – 1916

In 1899, United states of america President William McKinley appointed a commission led past Dr. Jacob Schurman to study and investigate the conditions in the Philippine Islands. This would be known as the starting time Philippine Commission. Information technology was followed by some other investigative commission led past William Howard Taft in 1900, which also had limited legislative and executive powers. From 1901 onwards, the Philippine Committee would be regularized. It exercised both executive and legislative powers, with three Filipino delegates, namely Benito Legarda, Trinidad Pardo de Tavera, Jose Luzuriaga. After the system of the Philippine Associates (see below) in 1907, the committee stayed on as the upper house of the legislature.

Philippine Assembly, 1907 – 1916

Electoral representation in the Philippines by Filipinos began when the American insular government allowed fractional self-governance by establishing the Philippine Associates. The associates, as the lower house, shared legislative ability with the Philippine Commission, which remained under American control, as membership in the Philippine Commission was yet restricted to appointed American officials. In 1907, still nether American rule, the Philippines held its starting time national elections for the newly created representative torso, which had an inaugural membership of 81 Filipinos representing their corresponding districts. In the succeeding years, the number of districts were increased to 85 in 1910, and 91 in 1912.

Resident commissioners, 1907 – 1946

From 1907 to 1946, the Philippine legislature sent a representative to sit in the U.Southward. House of Representatives, as resident commissioner. Nether Spain, the Philippines had as well been given limited representation in the Castilian Cortes, and like the resident commissioners, they had the correct to speak, merely not to vote. The restoration of Philippine independence in 1946 concluded Philippine representation in the U.Due south. Congress. (Note: To this day, Puerto Rico however has a resident commissioner in the U.S. House of Representatives.)

The Philippine Legislature, 1916 – 1935

Upon the enactment of the Jones Constabulary in 1916, the Filipinos were later on granted the opportunity to hold other offices in the government. Positions in the Philippine Senate were opened to Filipinos, with 12 senatorial districts and two senators elected from each. The inaugural President of the Senate in 1916 was Manuel L. Quezon, representing the fifth senatorial district. He would hold this position until the establishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935. For the nineteen years prior to the Republic, the Senate presidency was the highest position a Filipino could hold.

From the first Philippine Committee to the institution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the Philippine legislature were passing public acts. This course of legislation is started at Congress, with the blessing of the American governor-general of the Philippine Islands.

Commonwealth of the Philippines, 1935 – 1946

On November 15, 1935, Quezon took his oath as the first President of the Democracy of the Philippines, giving control of the executive branch of government to the Filipinos. It was besides in this era that the Supreme Courtroom of the Philippines was completely Filipinized. Past virtue of the 1935 Constitution, the bicameral Philippine legislature was merged to form the unicameral National Assembly.

Two elections were held under the Commonwealth. The first, in 1935, elected the President of the Philippines equally well as members of the National Associates; the second, in 1939, elected merely members of the National Associates. The National Assembly would be retained until 1941, when a new structure for the legislature was introduced through a constitutional amendment.

From the Democracy period to the inauguration of the Third Philippine Republic, the Philippine legislature was passing Commonwealth acts (CA). This form of legislation is started at the National Assembly and approved by the President of the Philippines.

Constitutional amendments of 1941

After six years under a unicameral legislature, the Constitution of 1935 was amended, dividing the National Associates into 2 separate houses. The Senate of the Philippines and the House of Representatives were reestablished, with a Senate President and a Speaker of the House leading their respective chambers.

The elections for members of these newly created chambers were held in 1941. Nonetheless, the onset of World War 2 prevented the elected members from bold their posts and the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines was dissolved upon the exile of the government of the Philippines.

The Second Republic, 1943

On Oct xiv, 1943, the Japanese-sponsored Second Republic was inaugurated, with Jose. P. Laurel as the President. This authorities followed the newly crafted 1943 Constitution, and reverted the legislature back to a unicameral National Assembly. The National Assembly of the Second Republic would remain in existence until the arrival of the Allied forces in 1944, which liberated the Philippines from the Purple Japanese forces.

Restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth, 1945 – 1946

Upon the reestablishment of the Commonwealth in 1945, President Sergio Osmeña called for a special session of Congress. The offset Congress convened on June 9 of that yr, with about of the senators and representatives, who were elected in 1941, assuming their positions. Manuel Roxas and Jose C. Zulueta served as Senate President and Speaker of the House, respectively. Not all, however, were allowed to have their postal service considering some were incarcerated for collaboration with the Japanese.

The countdown session, was held in a converted school house in Lepanto St., Manila, as the Legislative Building in Manila was reduced to ruins as an outcome of the war.

On Apr 23, 1946, national elections were held to cull new members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President of the Philippines. Afterwards the elections the second Congress of the Commonwealth convened on May 25, 1946. It would simply last until July 4, 1946, with the inauguration of the Third Republic of the Philippines.

The Tertiary Republic, 1946 – 1972

The contained Republic of the Philippines was finally proclaimed on July four, 1946 with Manuel Roxas as President. The Second Congress of the Commonwealth was transformed into the offset Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, also made upwards of the Senate and the Business firm of Representatives. This would marking the beginning of the count of Congresses of the Republic until the imposition of Martial Law in 1972, when Congress would be dissolved.

This era started the legislation of republic acts which would go along until 1972. Upon the restoration of republic in 1986 and the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, the naming of laws as republic acts would be reinstated.

Martial law and the Fourth Democracy, 1972-1986

On September 23, 1972 President Ferdinand East. Marcos issued Presidential Proclamation No. 1081, placing the entire country under Martial Police force. This coincided with the closing of the sessions of both chambers of Congress. Days before the scheduled reopening of the Senate and the Firm of Representatives, Marcos promulgated the 1973 Constitution, which finer abolished the bicameral legislature and replaced it with a unicameral legislature. Opposition legislators reported to the Legislative Building on Jan 22, 1973, but found the building padlocked and under an armed guard.

Under martial dominion, Marcos created the Batasang Bayan in 1976, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 995, to serve equally a legislative informational council—a quasi-legislative machinery to normalize the legislative process for the eventual appearing of the 1973 Constitution. The Batasang Bayan would agree office in the Philippine International Convention Center (a modernist structure designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin, inside the Cultural Center of the Philippines Circuitous—a pet project of First Lady Imelda R. Marcos). The consultative body would serve until 1978.

The Batasang Bayan would be replaced in 1978 by an elected unicameral body: the Interim Batasang Pambansa (IBP), a parliamentary legislature, as provided for in the 1973 Constitution. On April 7, 1978, elections for were held. Those elected to the IBP would be chosen Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblymen) who would be elected per region, via a bloc-voting organisation. The IBP opened on Independence Day 1984 in the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon Metropolis.

Members of the Regular Batasang Pambansa (RBP) were elected in 1984, this time at-large and per province. The RBP held its inaugural session on July 23, 1984.

In 1986, President Marcos succumbed to international force per unit area and called for a snap presidential election. Though Marcos and his running mate former Senator and Assemblyman Arturo Tolentino were proclaimed by the Batasang Pambansa equally the winners of the election, a popular defection installed opposition leaders Corazon C. Aquino and Salvador H. Laurel every bit President and Vice President, respectively.

For both the IBP and RBP, the laws passed would exist called "Batas Pambansa," which did not continue the previous numbering of Republic Acts.

The Fifth Democracy, 1987 – present

On March 25, 1986, President Aquino declared a revolutionary government by virtue of Presidential Declaration No. iii, due south. 1986, which suspended some provisions of the 1973 Constitution and promulgated in its stead a transitory constitution. This effectively abolished the Batasang Pambansa. A constitutional commission, tasked with drafting a new charter, was created by virtue of Proclamation No. 9 issued on April 23, 1986.

Post-obit the overwhelming ratification of the 1987 Constitution through a national plebiscite held on February two, 1987, the 1987 Constitution finally came into full strength and result on February 11, 1987. It re-established a bicameral legislature, composed of the Firm of Representatives and the Senate, much like the manner it was before martial law. The former, being much larger in composition, reopened in the Batasan Pambansa while the Senate, nonetheless with its 24 members, returned to the Legislative Building. In 1997, the Senate of the Philippines moved to the GSIS building where it is currently housed.

Laws passed by the bicameral legislature would restore "Republic Acts", equally the laws were named in the 3rd Democracy (1946-1972). Moreover, it was decided to maintain the old count, taking up where the terminal pre-martial law Congress left off. Thus, the last Congress under the 1935 Constitution was the seventh Congress, and the showtime Congress under the 1987 Constitution became the eighth Congress.

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The ramble provisions for the legislature are written in Article Half dozen of the 1987 Constitution.

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Evolution of the Philippine Congress: A graphic timeline

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