List of Philippine Senate committees

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

Standing committees

Note: This is the list of standing committee chairmanships for the 16th Congress. As of September 10, 2013.

Committee	Party		Chair	Party		Minority leader	Number of members
Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations*		Liberal	Teofisto Guingona III		UNA	Nancy Binay	17
Accounts					UNA	Nancy Binay	11
Agrarian Reform		UNA	Gregorio Honasan		NPC	Tito Sotto	9
Agriculture and Food		Nacionalista	Cynthia Villar		UNA	Nancy Binay	11
Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies		Independent	Sergio Osmeña III		UNA	Jinggoy Estrada	9
Civil Service and Government Reorganization		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes IV		UNA	Nancy Binay	7
Climate Change		NPC	Loren Legarda		UNA	Nancy Binay	9
Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws		PRP	Miriam Defensor Santiago		UNA	Jinggoy Estrada	11
Cooperatives		Lakas	Lito Lapid		UNA	Nancy Binay	9
Cultural Communities		NPC	Loren Legarda		UNA	Nancy Binay	7
Economic Affairs		UNA	JV Ejercito		UNA	Gregorio Honasan	9
Education, Arts and Culture		Nacionalista	Pia Cayetano		UNA	Nancy Binay	15
Electoral Reforms and People's Participation		PDP-Laban	Aquilino Pimentel III		UNA	JV Ejercito	11
Energy		Independent	Sergio Osmeña III		UNA	Nancy Binay	15
Environment and Natural Resources		NPC	Loren Legarda		UNA	Nancy Binay	15
Ethics and Privileges					UNA	Nancy Binay	7
Finance		Independent	Francis Escudero		UNA	Nancy Binay	17
Foreign Relations		PRP	Miriam Defensor Santiago		UNA	Nancy Binay	15
Games, Amusement and Sports		LDP	Sonny Angara		UNA	Jinggoy Estrada	9
Government Corporations and Public Enterprises		Nacionalista	Cynthia Villar		UNA	Nancy Binay	9
Health and Demography		Liberal	Teofisto Guingona III		UNA	Nancy Binay	11
Justice and Human Rights		PDP-Laban	Aquilino Pimentel III		UNA	Jinggoy Estrada	9
Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development		UNA	Jinggoy Estrada		UNA	JV Ejercito	13
Local Government		Nacionalista	Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr.		UNA	Nancy Binay	13
National Defense and Security		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes IV		UNA	Nancy Binay	19
Peace, Unification and Reconciliation		Liberal	Teofisto Guingona III		UNA	Gregorio Honasan	7
Public Information and Mass Media		Independent	Grace Poe		UNA	Jinggoy Estrada	9
Public Order and Dangerous Drugs		Independent	Grace Poe		UNA	Gregorio Honasan	9
Public Services		Lakas	Bong Revilla		UNA	JV Ejercito	11
Public Works		Nacionalista	Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr.		UNA	Nancy Binay	13
Rules		Nacionalista	Alan Peter Cayetano		NPC	Tito Sotto	9
Science and Technology		Liberal	Ralph Recto		UNA	Nancy Binay	7
Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development		UNA	Nancy Binay		UNA	Gregorio Honasan	7
Tourism		Lakas	Lito Lapid		UNA	Nancy Binay	7
Trade and Commerce		Liberal	Bam Aquino		UNA	JV Ejercito	9
Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement		UNA	JV Ejercito		NPC	Tito Sotto	11
Ways and Means		LDP	Sonny Angara		UNA	Nancy Binay	15
Women, Family Relations and Gender Equality		Nacionalista	Pia Cayetano		UNA	Nancy Binay	9
Youth		Liberal	Bam Aquino		UNA	Nancy Binay	7

*more popularly known as the Blue Ribbon Committee.

Congressional ad hoc and oversight committees

Note: This is the list of congressional ad hoc and oversight committee chairmanship (and membership, if not applicable) for the 16th Congress. As of February 4, 2014.

Committee	Chairperson
Congressional Oversight Committee on Labor and Employment	Jinggoy Estrada
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Overseas Workers' Affairs	Jinggoy Estrada
Congressional Oversight Committee on The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010	Antonio Trillanes IV
Congressional Oversight Committee on the Clean Water Act	Loren Legarda
Joint Congressional Power Commission	Sergio Osmeña III
Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting Forces Agreement	Miriam Defensor Santiago and Antonio Trillanes IV
Select Oversight Committee on the Local Government Code of 1991	Aquilino Pimentel III
Congressional Oversight Committee on the AFP Modernization Act	Antonio Trillanes IV
Select Oversight Committee on Intelligence and Confidential Funds	Antonio Trillanes IV
Select Oversight Committee on Barangay Affairs	N/A
Congressional Oversight Committee on the Anti-Money Laundering Law	Teofisto Guingona III
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act	Loren Legarda
Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization	Cynthia Villar
Congressional Oversight Committee on Dangerous Drugs	Grace Poe
Oversight Committee on the Proper Implementation of the National Internal Revenue Code	Sonny Angara
Oversight Committee on the Official Development Assistance (ODA) Law	Sonny Angara
Oversight Committee on ARMM Organic Act	Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr.
Congressional Oversight Committee on the Special Purpose Vehicle Act	Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr.
Congressional Oversight Committee on the Overseas Voting Act of 2003	Miriam Defensor Santiago
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Chain Saw Act	Loren Legarda
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Public Expenditures	Francis Escudero
Congressional Oversight Committee on Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines	Ramon Revilla, Jr.
Oversight Committee on Bases Conversion	Pia Cayetano
Oversight Committee on Climate Change	Pia Cayetano
Oversight Committee on Quality Affordable Medicines	Bam Aquino
Special Oversight Committee on Economic Affairs	JV Ejercito
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Cooperatives	Lito Lapid
Joint Oversight Committee on the Human Security Act of 2007	Grace Poe
Congressional Oversight Committee on Biofuels	Sergio Osmeña III
Congressional Oversight Committee on Agrarian Reform	Gregorio Honasan
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Tourism	Lito Lapid

See also

• List of Philippine House committees
• Philippine Senate

External links

• List of Committees in the Philippine Senate