List of Philippine House of Representatives committees

This is a complete list of Philippine Congressional committees (standing committees, and special committees) that are currently operating in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, the lower house of the Philippine Congress.

Standing committees

Note: This is the list of standing committee chairmanships for the 16th Congress. As of August 23, 2013.

Committee	Party		Chair	Party		Minority leader	Number of members
Accounts		Nacionalista	Eleandro Jesus Madrona		Nacionalista	Seth Jalosjos	55
Agrarian Reform		Liberal	Teodoro Baguilat		Anakpawis	Fernando Hicap	40
Agriculture and Food		NPC	Mark Llandro Mendoza		Nacionalista	Ana Cristina Go	65
Appropriations		Liberal	Isidro Ungab		Nacionalista	Seth Jalosjos	125
Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources		NUP	Benhur Salimbangon		Liberal	Jose Tejada	55
Banks and Financial Intermediaries		Liberal	Nelson Collantes		Ang Nars	Leah Paquiz	45
Basic Education and Culture		NPC	Kimi Cojuangco		ACT Teachers	Antonio Tinio	65
Civil Service and Professional Regulation		Liberal	Andres Salvacion		Ang Nars	Leah Paquiz	35
Constitutional Amendments		Liberal	Mylene Garcia-Albano		Bayan Muna	Carlos Zarate	55
Cooperatives Development		Coop-NATCCO	Cresente Paez		Liberal	Jose Tejada	25
Dangerous Drugs		Liberal	Vicente Belmonte, Jr.		Nacionalista	Seth Jalosjos	45
Ecology		KABAKA	Amado Bagatsing		Bayan Muna	Carlos Zarate	35
Economic Affairs		NPC	Enrique Cojuangco		LGPMA	Arnel Ty	35
Energy		Liberal	Reynaldo Umali		Nacionalista	Lino Cayetano	65
Ethics and Privileges		Liberal	Jorge Almonte		LDP	Bella Angara	25
Foreign Affairs		Nacionalista	Al Francis Bichara		ACT Teachers	Antonio Tinio	55
Games and Amusements		NUP	Elpidio Barzaga, Jr.		Nacionalista	Seth Jalosjos	65
Good Government and Public Accountability		Liberal	Oscar Samson Rodriguez		1-BAP	Silvestre Bello III	45
Government Enterprises and Privatization		Liberal	Jesus Sacdalan		Ang Nars	Leah Paquiz	35
Government Reorganization		Liberal	Romeo Acop		ACT Teachers	Antonio Tinio	25
Health		NPC	Eufranio Eriguel		Nacionalista	Florencio Flores, Jr.	65
Higher and Technical Education		Liberal	Roman Romulo		ACT Teachers	Antonio Tinio	65
Housing and Urban Development		Liberal	Alfredo Benitez		GABRIELA	Emerenciana de Jesus	55
Human Rights		Liberal	Carlo Lopez		Bayan Muna	Carlos Zarate	35
Information and Communications Technology		NPC	Joel Roy Duavit		ACT Teachers	Antonio Tinio	55
Interparliamentary Relations and Diplomacy		Liberal	Raul del Mar		Nacionalista	Ana Cristina Go	45
Justice		Liberal	Niel Tupas, Jr.		1-BAP	Silvestre Bello III	55
Labor and Employment		NUP	Karlo Nograles		Ang Nars	Leah Paquiz	40
Legislative Franchises		Liberal	Marcelino Teodoro		Nacionalista	Seth Jalosjos	45
Local Government		Liberal	Pedro Acharon, Jr.		LDP	Bella Angara	55
Metro Manila Development		Liberal	Winston Castelo #FE4D00 || Magdiwang	Ronaldo Zamora	30
Mindanao Affairs		NUP	Arnulfo Go		Nacionalista	Florencio Flores, Jr.	60
Muslim Affairs		NUP	Tupay Loong		GABRIELA	Luzviminda Ilagan	20
National Cultural Communities		Liberal	Nancy Catamco		GABRIELA	Luzviminda Ilagan	25
National Defense and Security		Liberal	Rodolfo Biazon		NPC	Rodolfo Albano III	65
Natural Resources		Liberal	Francisco Matugas		Nacionalista	Ana Cristina Go	65
Overseas Workers Affairs		Akbayan	Walden Bello		Ang Nars	Leah Paquiz	35
People's Participation		Liberal	Benjamin Asilo		GABRIELA	Emmerciana de Jesus	25
Population and Family Relations		Liberal	Rogelio Espina		Ang Nars	Leah Paquiz	25
Poverty Alleviation		Liberal	Salvio Fortuno		GABRIELA	Emerenciana de Jesus	25
Public Information		Liberal	Jorge Almonte		Nacionalista	Lino Cayetano	35
Public Order and Safety		United Negros Alliance	Jeffrey Ferrer		Nacionalista	Seth Jalosjos	55
Public Works and Highways		Liberal	Ronald Cosalan		Nacionalista	Ana Cristina Go	95
Revision of Laws		NPC	Marlyn Primicias-Agabas		1-BAP	Silvestre Bello III	25
Rules		Liberal	Neptali Gonzales II		1-BAP	Silvestre Bello III	30
Rural Development		Liberal	Manuel Agyao		Anakpawis	Fernando Hicap	25
Science and Technology		NUP	Victor Yu		LGPMA	Arnel Ty	35
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development		An Waray	Neil Benedict Montejo		Kabataan	Terry Ridon	25
Social Services		Liberal	Arthur Robes		GABRIELA	Emerenciana de Jesus	35
Tourism		Liberal	Rene Relampagos		LDP	Bella Angara	55
Trade and Industry		Nacionalista	Mark Villar		LGPMA	Arnel Ty	55
Transportation		Liberal	Cesar Sarmiento		NPC	Rodolfo Albano III	85
Veterans Affairs and Welfare		Liberal	Herminia Roman		Nacionalista	Florencio Flores, Jr.	30
Ways and Means		Liberal	Miro Quimbo		LDP	Bella Angara	75
Welfare of Children		NUP	Aurora Cerilles		GABRIELA	Emmerciana de Jesus	20
Women and Gender Equality		Liberal	Linabelle Ruth Villarica		GABRIELA	Luzviminda Ilagan	55
Youth and Sports Development		Liberal	Anthony del Rosario		Kabataan	Terry Ridon	35

Special committees

Note: This is the list of special committee chairmanships for the 16th Congress. As of April 9, 2014.

Committee	Chairperson
Bases Conversion	Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales
Bicol Recovery and Economic Development	Rodel Batocabe
East Asian Growth Area	Raymond Mendoza
Food Security	Agapito Guanlao
Globalization & WTO	Irwin Tieng
Land Use	Kaka Bag-ao
Millennium Development Goals	Tedorico Haresco, Jr.
Northwest Luzon Growth Quadrangle	Maximo Dalog
Peace, Reconciliation and Unity	Jim Hataman-Saliman
Reforestation	Susan Yap
Southern Tagalog Development	Isidro Rodriguez, Jr.

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees
• House of Representatives of the Philippines

External links

• List of Committees in the Philippine House of Representatives