17th Congress of the Philippines

17th Congress of the Philippines
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Overview
Term	July 25, 2016 – June 4, 2019
President	Rodrigo Duterte
Vice President	Leni Robredo
Senate
Members	24
President	Koko Pimentel (until May 21, 2018) Tito Sotto (from May 21, 2018)
President pro tempore	Franklin Drilon (until February 27, 2017) Ralph Recto (from February 27, 2017)
Majority leader	Tito Sotto (until May 21, 2018) Migz Zubiri (from May 21, 2018)
Minority leader	Ralph Recto (until February 27, 2017) Franklin Drilon (from February 28, 2017)
House of Representatives
Members	297
Speaker	Pantaleon Alvarez (until July 23, 2018) Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (from July 23, 2018)
Deputy Speakers	Eric Singson (until August 29, 2018) Mercedes Alvarez Fredenil Castro (until January 21, 2019) Raneo Abu Miro Quimbo (until July 25, 2018) Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (August 15, 2016 – March 15, 2017) Pia Cayetano (from August 15, 2016) Gwendolyn Garcia (August 15, 2016 – August 15, 2018) Mylene Garcia-Albano (from August 15, 2016) Sharon Garin (from August 15, 2016) Bai Sendra Sema (from August 15, 2016) Ferdinand Hernandez (from August 16, 2016) Frederick Abueg (from August 16, 2016) Rolando Andaya Jr. (August 16, 2016 – July 30, 2018) Linabelle Villarica (from August 9, 2017) Prospero Pichay Jr. (from August 15, 2018) Arthur C. Yap (from August 15, 2018) Rose Marie Arenas (from August 29, 2018) Evelina Escudero (from August 29, 2018) Randolph Ting (from January 21, 2019)
Majority leader	Rodolfo Fariñas (until July 23, 2018) Fredenil Castro (acting, July 23–30, 2018) Rolando Andaya Jr. (July 30, 2018 – January 21, 2019) Fredenil Castro (acting, from January 21, 2019)
Minority leader	Danilo Suarez

The 17th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino : Ikalabimpitong Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 25, 2016, until June 4, 2019, during the first three years of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency. The convening of the 17th Congress followed the 2016 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

Leadership

Senate

• President:
  • Koko Pimentel (PDP–Laban), until May 21, 2018
  • Tito Sotto (NPC), from May 21, 2018
• President pro tempore:
  • Franklin Drilon (Liberal), until February 27, 2017
  • Ralph Recto (Nacionalista), from February 27, 2017
• Majority Floor Leader:
  • Tito Sotto (NPC), until May 21, 2018
  • Migz Zubiri (Independent), from May 21, 2018
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Ralph Recto (Liberal), until February 27, 2017
  • Franklin Drilon (Liberal), from February 28, 2017

House of Representatives

• Speaker:
  • Pantaleon Alvarez (Davao del Norte–1st, PDP–Laban), until July 23, 2018
  • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Pampanga–2nd, PDP–Laban), from July 23, 2018
• Deputy Speakers:
  • Eric Singson (Ilocos Sur–2nd, PDP–Laban), until August 29, 2018
  • Mercedes Alvarez (Negros Occidental–6th, NPC)
  • Fredenil Castro (Capiz–2nd, NUP), until January 21, 2019
  • Raneo Abu (Batangas–2nd, Nacionalista)
  • Miro Quimbo (Marikina–2nd, Liberal), until July 25, 2018 ^[1]
  • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Pampanga–2nd, Lakas), August 15, 2016 – March 15, 2017 ^[2]
  • Pia Cayetano (Taguig–Pateros, Nacionalista), from August 15, 2016
  • Gwendolyn Garcia (Cebu–3rd, PDP–Laban), August 15, 2016 – August 15, 2018
  • Mylene Garcia-Albano (Davao City–2nd, PDP–Laban), from August 15, 2016
  • Sharon Garin (AAMBIS-Owa), from August 15, 2016
  • Bai Sandra Sema (Maguindanao–1st, PDP–Laban), from August 15, 2016 ^[3]
  • Ferdinand Hernandez (South Cotabato–2nd, NPC), from August 16, 2016
  • Frederick Abueg (Palawan–2nd, Liberal), from August 16, 2016
  • Rolando Andaya Jr. (Camarines Sur–1st, PDP–Laban), August 16, 2016 – July 30, 2018 ^{[4] [5]}
  • Linabelle Villarica (Bulacan–4th, Liberal), from August 9, 2017
  • Prospero Pichay Jr. (Surigao del Sur–1st, Lakas), from August 15, 2018
  • Arthur C. Yap (Bohol–3rd, PDP–Laban), from August 15, 2018
  • Rose Marie Arenas (Pangasinan–3rd, PDP–Laban), from August 29, 2018
  • Evelina Escudero (Sorsogon–1st, NPC), from August 29, 2018
  • Randolph Ting (Cagayan–3rd, NUP), from January 21, 2019
• Majority Leader:
  • Rodolfo Fariñas (Ilocos Norte–1st, PDP–Laban), until July 23, 2018
  • Fredenil Castro (Capiz–2nd, NUP), acting, July 23–30, 2018
  • Rolando Andaya Jr. (Camarines Sur-1st, PDP–Laban), July 30, 2018 – January 21, 2019
  • Fredenil Castro (Capiz–2nd, NUP), acting, from January 21, 2019
• Minority Leader: Danilo Suarez (Quezon–3rd, Lakas)

Sessions

• First regular session: July 25, 2016 – May 31, 2017
• Second regular session: July 24, 2017 – May 30, 2018
• Third regular session: July 23, 2018 – May 27, 2019

Composition

Both chambers of Congress are divided into parties and blocs. While members are elected via parties, blocs are the basis for committee memberships. Only members of the majority and minority blocs are accorded committee memberships. This is how blocs are determined:

• Majority bloc: All members who voted for the Senate President or Speaker during the Senate presidential or speakership election.
• Minority bloc: All members who voted for the second-placed candidate during the Senate presidential or speakership election.
• Independent minority bloc: All members who did not vote for the winning or second-best nominee during the Senate presidential or speakership election.
• Independent bloc: All members who abstained from voting during the Senate presidential or speakership election.
• Not a member of any bloc: All members who have not voted during the Senate presidential or speakership election.

In the speakership election, several members abstained from voting. They, along with the members who voted for the losing candidate voted on who would be the minority leader.

Senate

Senate
24 senators

Per Party Party 2016 election results Current Liberal 6 5 Nacionalista 3 3 NPC 3 3 PDP–Laban 1 2 UNA 3 1 Akbayan 1 1 LDP 1 1 PMP 1 1 Independent 5 5 Total members 24 22   Vacant 0 2 Total seats 24

Per Bloc Party Majority Minority Liberal 1 4 Nacionalista 2 1 PDP–Laban 2 0 NPC 3 0 UNA 1 0 Akbayan 0 1 LDP 1 0 PMP 1 0 Independent 5 0 Total 17 6

House of Representatives

House of Representatives
297 representatives

Per Party Party 2016 election results End of Congress PDP–Laban 3 94   Party-list 59 59 Nacionalista 24 37 NPC 42 33 NUP 23 28 Liberal 115 18 Local parties 9 7 Lakas 4 5 LDP 2 3 HNP 0 3 PFP 0 2 PMP 0 1 Independent 4 1 UNA 11 0 Aksyon 1 0 Total members 297 291   Vacant 0 6 Total seats 297

Per Bloc Party Majority Minority Independent minority Independent PDP–Laban 92 2 0 0   Party-list 34 15 10 0 Nacionalista 36 1 0 0 NPC 32 1 0 0 NUP 28 0 0 0 Liberal 5 0 13 0 Local parties 5 0 1 1 Lakas 4 1 0 0 LDP 3 0 0 0 HNP 3 0 0 0 PFP 2 0 0 0 PMP 1 0 0 0 Independent 0 1 0 0 Total 245 21 24 1

Membership

Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:

• For senators elected on May 13, 2013: June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2019
• For senators elected on May 9, 2016: June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2022

Senator	Party		Term	Term ending	Bloc	Registered in
Sonny Angara		LDP	1	2019	Majority	Baler, Aurora
Bam Aquino		Liberal	1	2019	Minority	Quezon City
Nancy Binay		UNA	1	2019	Majority	Makati
Alan Peter Cayetano [a]		Nacionalista	2	2019	Majority	Taguig
Leila de Lima [b]		Liberal	1	2022	Minority	Iriga, Camarines Sur
Franklin Drilon		Liberal	2	2022	Minority	Iloilo City
JV Ejercito		NPC	1	2019	Majority	San Juan
Francis Escudero		Independent	2	2019	Majority	Sorsogon City, Sorsogon
Win Gatchalian		NPC	1	2022	Majority	Valenzuela
Dick Gordon		Independent	1	2022	Majority	Olongapo
Gregorio Honasan		UNA	2	2019	Majority	Marikina
Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan	1	2022	Minority	Manila
Panfilo Lacson		Independent	1	2022	Majority	Imus, Cavite
Loren Legarda		NPC	2	2019	Majority	Pandan, Antique
Manny Pacquiao		PDP–Laban	1	2022	Majority	Kiamba, Sarangani
Francis Pangilinan		Liberal	1	2022	Minority	Quezon City
Koko Pimentel		PDP–Laban	1	2019	Majority	Cagayan de Oro
Grace Poe		Independent	1	2019	Majority	San Juan
Ralph Recto		Nacionalista	2	2022	Majority	Lipa, Batangas
Tito Sotto		NPC	2	2022	Majority	Quezon City
Antonio Trillanes		Nacionalista	2	2019	Minority	Caloocan
Joel Villanueva		Liberal	1	2022	Majority	Bocaue, Bulacan
Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista	1	2019	Majority	Las Piñas
Migz Zubiri		Independent	1	2022	Majority	Malaybalay, Bukidnon

House of Representatives

Parties that hold the seats in each legislative district and party-list in the 17th Congress. Party-list seats are denoted by boxes on the right side. Metro Manila is magnified at the upper right corner.

Province/City	District	Representative	Party		Term	Bloc
Abra	Lone	Joseph Bernos		PDP–Laban [7]	1	Majority
Agusan del Norte	1st	Lawrence Fortun		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	2nd	Erlpe John Amante		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Agusan del Sur	1st	Maria Valentina Plaza		NUP	3	Majority
	2nd	Evelyn Plaza-Mellana		NUP	3	Majority
Aklan	Lone	Carlito Marquez		NPC	1	Majority
Albay	1st	Edcel Lagman		Liberal	1	Independent minority
	2nd	Joey Salceda		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	3rd	Fernando Gonzalez		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Antipolo	1st	Chiqui Roa-Puno		NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Romeo Acop		NUP	3	Majority
Antique	Lone	Paolo Everardo Javier		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Apayao	Lone	Eleanor Bulut Begtang		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Aurora	Lone	Bella Angara		LDP	2	Majority
Bacolod	Lone	Greg Gasataya		NPC	1	Majority
Baguio	Lone	Marquez Go		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Basilan	Lone	Jum Jainudin Akbar [c]		Liberal	1	Majority
Bataan	1st	Geraldine Roman		PDP–Laban [9]	1	Majority
	2nd	Joet Garcia		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Batanes	Lone	Henedina Abad [d]		Liberal	3	Majority
Batangas	1st	Eileen Ermita-Buhain		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	2nd	Raneo Abu		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	3rd	Maria Theresa Collantes		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	4th	Lianda Bolilia		NPC	1	Majority
	5th	Mario Vittorio Mariño		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	6th	Vilma Santos		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Benguet	Lone	Ronald Cosalan		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Biliran	Lone	Rogelio Espina		Nacionalista	3	Majority
Biñan	Lone	Len Alonte		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Bohol	1st	Rene Relampagos		NUP	3	Majority
	2nd	Erico Aristotle Aumentado		NPC	2	Majority
	3rd	Arthur C. Yap		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Bukidnon	1st	Maria Lourdes Acosta-Alba		Bukidnon Paglaum	2	Majority
	2nd	Florencio Flores Jr.		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	3rd	Manuel Zubiri		Bukidnon Paglaum	1	Majority
	4th	Rogelio Neil Roque		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Bulacan	1st	Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado		NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Gavini Pancho		NUP	2	Majority
	3rd	Lorna Silverio		NUP	1	Majority
	4th	Linabelle Villarica		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Cagayan	1st	Ramon Nolasco		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	2nd	Baby Aline Vargas-Alfonso		NUP	3	Majority
	3rd	Randolph Ting		NUP	3	Majority
Cagayan de Oro	1st	Rolando Uy		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	2nd	Maximo Rodriguez Jr.		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Caloocan	1st	Dale Malapitan		PDP–Laban [11]	1	Majority
	2nd	Edgar Erice		Liberal	2	Independent minority
Camarines Norte	1st	Renato Unico Jr.		NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Marisol Panotes		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando Andaya Jr.		NPC	3	Majority
	2nd	Luis Raymund Villafuerte		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	3rd	Gabriel Bordado		Liberal	1	Independent minority
	4th	Arnulfo Fuentebella		NPC	1	Majority
	5th	Salvio Fortuno		Nacionalista	3	Majority
Camiguin	Lone	Xavier Jesus Romualdo		PDP–Laban [9]	2	Majority
Capiz	1st	Tawi Billones		Liberal	1	Independent minority
	2nd	Fredenil Castro		NUP	2	Majority
Catanduanes	Lone	Cesar Sarmiento		PDP–Laban [12]	3	Majority
Cavite	1st	Francis Gerald Abaya		Liberal	2	Independent minority
	2nd	Strike Revilla		NUP	1	Majority
	3rd	Alex Advincula		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	4th	Jennifer Barzaga		NUP	1	Majority
	5th	Roy Loyola		NPC	3	Majority
	6th	Luis Ferrer IV		NUP	2	Majority
	7th	Abraham Tolentino		PDP–Laban [11]	2	Majority
Cebu	1st	Samsam Gullas		Independent	2	Minority
	2nd	Wilfredo Caminero		Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd	Gwendolyn Garcia		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	4th	Benhur Salimbangon		NUP	3	Majority
	5th	Ramon Durano VI		NPC	1	Majority
	6th	Jonas Cortes		PDP–Laban [13]	1	Majority
	7th	Peter John Calderon		NPC	1	Majority
Cebu City	1st	Raul del Mar		Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Rodrigo Abellanosa		LDP	2	Majority
Compostela Valley	1st	Maria Carmen Zamora		HNP	3	Majority
	2nd	Ruwel Peter Gonzaga		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Cotabato	1st	Jesus Sacdalan		PDP–Laban [12]	3	Majority
	2nd	Nancy Catamco		PDP–Laban [9]	2	Majority
	3rd	Jose Tejada		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Davao City	1st	Karlo Nograles [e]		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	2nd	Mylene Garcia-Albano		PDP–Laban [11]	3	Majority
	3rd	Alberto Ungab		HNP	1	Majority
Davao del Norte	1st	Pantaleon Alvarez		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	2nd	Antonio Floirendo Jr.		HNP	1	Majority
Davao del Sur	Lone	Mercedes Cagas		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Davao Occidental	Lone	Lorna Bautista-Bandigan		NPC	1	Majority
Davao Oriental	1st	Corazon Nuñez Malanyaon		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd	Joel Mayo Almario		PDP–Laban [11]	1	Majority
Dinagat Islands	Lone	Kaka Bag-ao		Liberal	3	Independent minority
Eastern Samar	Lone	Ben Evardone		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Guimaras	Lone	Maria Lucille Nava		PDP–Laban [12]	1	Majority
Ifugao	Lone	Teddy Baguilat		Liberal	3	Independent minority
Iligan	Lone	Frederick Siao		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Ilocos Norte	1st	Rodolfo Fariñas		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	2nd	Imelda Marcos		Nacionalista	3	Majority
Ilocos Sur	1st	Deogracias Victor Savellano		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd	Eric Singson		Bileg	2	Majority
Iloilo	1st	Oscar Garin Jr.		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	2nd	Arcadio Gorriceta		Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd	Arthur Defensor Jr.		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	4th	Ferjenel Biron		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	5th	Raul Tupas		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Iloilo City	Lone	Jerry Treñas		NUP [12]	3	Majority
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo Albano III		PDP–Laban [9]	2	Majority
	2nd	Anna Cristina Go		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	3rd	Napoleon Dy		NPC	3	Majority
	4th	Maria Lourdes Aggabao		NPC	1	Majority
Kalinga	Lone	Allen Jesse Mangaoang		Nacionalista	1	Majority
La Union	1st	Pablo Ortega		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Sandra Eriguel		PDP–Laban [15]	1	Majority
Laguna	1st	Arlene Arcillas		PDP–Laban	1	Minority
	2nd	Jun Chipeco		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	3rd	Sol Aragones		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	4th	Benjamin Agarao Jr.		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Lanao del Norte	1st	Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo		PDP–Laban [11]	1	Majority
	2nd	Abdullah Dimaporo		NPC	2	Majority
Lanao del Sur	1st	Ansaruddin Alonto Adiong		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	2nd	Mauyag Papandayan Jr.		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Lapu-Lapu City	Lone	Aileen Radaza		PDP–Laban [13]	2	Majority
Las Piñas	Lone	Mark Villar [f]		Nacionalista	3	Majority
Leyte	1st	Yedda Marie Romualdez		Lakas	1	Majority
	2nd	Henry Ong		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	3rd	Vicente Veloso III		NUP	1	Majority
	4th	Lucy Torres-Gomez		PDP–Laban [12]	2	Majority
	5th	Jose Carlos Cari		PFP	3	Majority
Maguindanao	1st	Bai Sandra Sema		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	2nd	Zajid Mangudadatu		PDP–Laban [12]	2	Majority
Makati	1st	Monsour del Rosario		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	2nd	Luis Campos Jr.		NPC	1	Minority
Malabon	Lone	Ricky Sandoval		PDP–Laban [11]	1	Majority
Mandaluyong	Lone	Alexandria Gonzales		PDP–Laban [12]	1	Majority
Manila	1st	Manny Lopez		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Carlo Lopez		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	3rd	Yul Servo		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	4th	Edward Maceda		PMP	1	Majority
	5th	Cristal Bagatsing		KABAKA	1	Majority
	6th	Rosenda Ann Ocampo		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Marikina	1st	Bayani Fernando		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Miro Quimbo		Liberal	3	Independent minority
Marinduque	Lone	Lord Allan Velasco		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Masbate	1st	Maria Vida Espinosa-Bravo		NUP	2	Majority
	2nd	Elisa Olga Kho		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	3rd	Scott Davies Lanete		NPC	3	Majority
Misamis Occidental	1st	Jorge Almonte		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	2nd	Henry Oaminal		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Misamis Oriental	1st	Peter Unabia		PDP–Laban [11]	3	Majority
	2nd	Juliette Uy		NUP	2	Majority
Mountain Province	Lone	Maximo Dalog [g]		Liberal	3	Majority
Muntinlupa	Lone	Ruffy Biazon		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Navotas	Lone	Toby Tiangco		Navoteño	3	Independent
Negros Occidental	1st	Melecio Yap		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Leo Rafael Cueva		NUP	2	Majority
	3rd	Alfredo Benitez		PDP–Laban [18]	3	Majority
	4th	Juliet Marie Ferrer		NUP	1	Majority
	5th	Alejandro Mirasol		Lakas	3	Majority
	6th	Mercedes Alvarez		NPC	3	Majority
Negros Oriental	1st	Jocelyn Limkaichong		Liberal	1	Independent minority
	2nd	Manuel Sagarbarria		NPC	1	Majority
	3rd	Arnolfo Teves Jr.		PDP–Laban [12]	1	Majority
Northern Samar	1st	Raul Daza		Liberal	1	Independent minority
	2nd	Edwin Ongchuan		NUP	1	Majority
Nueva Ecija	1st	Estrellita Suansing		PDP–Laban [11]	2	Majority
	2nd	Micaela Violago		NUP	1	Majority
	3rd	Rosanna Vergara		LDP	1	Majority
	4th	Magnolia Antonino-Nadres		NUP	2	Majority
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Luisa Lloren Cuaresma		NUP	1	Majority
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Josephine Sato		Liberal	2	Independent minority
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Paulino Salvador Leachon		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	2nd	Reynaldo Umali		PFP	3	Majority
Palawan	1st	Franz Alvarez		NUP	2	Majority
	2nd	Frederick Abueg		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	3rd	Gil Acosta		NPC	1	Majority
Pampanga	1st	Carmelo Lazatin II		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	2nd	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	3rd	Aurelio Gonzales Jr.		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	4th	Juan Pablo Bondoc		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Pangasinan	1st	Jesus Celeste		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	2nd	Leopoldo Bataoil		NUP	3	Majority
	3rd	Rose Marie Arenas		PDP–Laban [7]	2	Majority
	4th	Christopher de Venecia		Lakas	1	Majority
	5th	Amado Espino Jr.		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	6th	Marlyn Primicias-Agabas		NPC	3	Majority
Parañaque	1st	Eric Olivarez		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	2nd	Gustavo Tambunting		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Pasay	Lone	Imelda Calixto-Rubiano		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Pasig	Lone	Richard Eusebio		Nacionalista	1	Minority
Quezon	1st	Trina Enverga		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Vicente Alcala		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	3rd	Danilo Suarez		Lakas	1	Minority
	4th	Angelina Tan		NPC	2	Majority
Quezon City	1st	Vincent Crisologo		PDP–Laban [11]	1	Majority
	2nd	Winston Castelo		SBP	3	Majority
	3rd	Jorge Banal Jr.		SBP	3	Independent minority
	4th	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.		Liberal	3	Majority
	5th	Alfred Vargas		PDP–Laban [9]	2	Majority
	6th	Kit Belmonte		Liberal	2	Independent minority
Quirino	Lone	Dakila Cua		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Rizal	1st	Jack Duavit		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Isidro Rodriguez Jr.		NPC	3	Majority
Romblon	Lone	Emmanuel Madrona		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Samar	1st	Edgar Mary Sarmiento		Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Milagrosa Tan		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
San Jose del Monte	Lone	Florida Robes		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
San Juan	Lone	Ronaldo Zamora		PDP–Laban [11]	2	Majority
Sarangani	Lone	Rogelio Pacquiao		PDP–Laban [11]	1	Majority
Siquijor	Lone	Ramon Vicente Rocamora		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Sorsogon	1st	Evelina Escudero		NPC	2	Majority
	2nd	Deogracias Ramos Jr.		PDP–Laban [12]	3	Majority
South Cotabato	1st	Pedro Acharon Jr.		NPC	3	Majority
	2nd	Ferdinand Hernandez		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger Mercado		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Sultan Kudarat	1st	Suharto Mangudadatu		NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Horacio Suansing Jr.		PDP–Laban [11]	1	Majority
Sulu	1st	Tupay Loong [h]		NUP	2	–
	2nd	Abdulmunir Mundoc Arbison		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Surigao del Norte	1st	Francisco Jose Matugas II		PDP–Laban	1	Minority
	2nd	Ace Barbers		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Surigao del Sur	1st	Prospero Pichay Jr.		Lakas	1	Majority
	2nd	Johnny Pimentel		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Taguig–Pateros	1st	Arnel Cerafica		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Taguig	2nd	Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Tarlac	1st	Charlie Cojuangco		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Victor Yap		NPC	1	Majority
	3rd	Noel Villanueva		NPC	2	Majority
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Ruby Sahali		PDP–Laban [11]	2	Majority
Valenzuela	1st	Wes Gatchalian		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Eric Martinez		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Zambales	1st	Jeffrey Khonghun		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	2nd	Cheryl Deloso-Montalla		Liberal	2	Majority
Zamboanga City	1st	Celso Lobregat		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	2nd	Manuel Jose Dalipe		NPC	1	Majority
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Bullet Jalosjos		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	2nd	Glona Labadlabad		PDP–Laban [12]	1	Majority
	3rd	Isagani Amatong		Liberal	2	Independent minority
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Divina Grace Yu		PDP–Laban [9]	1	Majority
	2nd	Aurora E. Cerilles		Nacionalista	3	Majority
Zamboanga Sibugay	1st	Wilter Palma II		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	2nd	Dulce Ann Hofer		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Party-list		Salvador Belaro Jr.		1-Ang Edukasyon	1	Minority
		Carlos Roman Uybarreta		1-CARE	1	Majority
		Mikee Romero		1-PACMAN	1	Majority
		Enrico Pineda		1-PACMAN	1	Majority
		Rodante Marcoleta		1-SAGIP	1	Majority
		Julieta Cortuna		A TEACHER	3	Minority
		Sharon Garin		AAMBIS-Owa	3	Majority
		Harlin Neil Abayon III		Aangat Tayo	1	Minority
		Teodoro Montoro		AASENSO	1	Majority
		Joseph Stephen Paduano		Abang Lingkod	2	Minority
		Conrado Estrella III		Abono	2	Majority
		Vini Nola Ortega		Abono	1	Majority
		Eugene Michael de Vera [i]		ABS	1	Minority
		Ulysses Garces [j]		ABS	–	Majority
		Antonio Tinio		ACT Teachers	3	Independent minority
		France Castro		ACT Teachers	1	Independent minority
		Aniceto Bertiz III		ACTS-OFW	1	Minority
		Rico Geron		AGAP	2	Majority
		Patricio Antonio		Agbiag	2	Majority
		Delphine Gan Lee		AGRI	2	Minority
		Orestes Salon		AGRI	1	Minority
		Tomasito Villarin		Akbayan	1	Independent minority
		Rodel Batocabe [k]		Ako Bicol	3	Majority
		Alfredo Garbin Jr.		Ako Bicol	1	Minority
		Christopher Co		Ako Bicol	3	Majority
		Ronald Ang [l]		Ako Bicol	–	Minority
		Anna Villaraza-Suarez		ALONA	1	Minority
		Sitti Djalia Hataman [m]		AMIN	2	Majority
		Makmod Mending Jr.		AMIN	1	Majority
		Amihilda Sangcopan [n]		AMIN	–	Independent minority
		Victoria Isabel Noel		An Waray	2	Majority
		Jose Panganiban Jr.		ANAC-IP	2	Majority
		Ariel Casilao		Anakpawis	1	Independent minority
		Dennis Laogan		Ang Kabuhayan	1	Majority
		Jesulito Manalo		Angkla	2	Majority
		Carlos Isagani Zarate		Bayan Muna	2	Independent minority
		Bernadette Herrera		Bagong Henerasyon	1	Majority
		Mike Velarde Jr.		Buhay	3	Majority
		Lito Atienza		Buhay	2	Minority
		Cecilia Leonila Chavez		Butil	1	Minority
		Sherwin Tugna		CIBAC	3	Majority
		Anthony Bravo		Coop-NATCCO	2	Minority
		Sabiniano Canama		Coop-NATCCO	1	Majority
		Emmeline Aglipay-Villar [o]		DIWA	3	Majority
		Pepito Pico [p]		DIWA	–	Majority
		Emmi de Jesus		Gabriela	3	Independent minority
		Arlene Brosas		Gabriela	1	Independent minority
		Ron Salo		KABAYAN	1	Majority
		Harry Roque [q]		KABAYAN	1	Majority
		Ciriaco Calalang [r]		KABAYAN	–	Minority
		Paul Hernandez [s]		KABAYAN	–	Majority
		Sarah Elago		Kabataan	1	Independent minority
		Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual		Kalinga	3	Minority
		Shernee Tan		Kusug Tausug	1	Majority
		Arnel Ty		LPGMA	3	Majority
		Gary Alejano		Magdalo	2	Independent minority
		Virgilio Lacson		Manila Teachers	1	Majority
		Tricia Nicole Velasco-Catera		MATA	1	Majority
		Mark Aeron Sambar		PBA	1	Majority
		Jericho Nograles		PBA	1	Majority
		Ricardo Belmonte Jr.		SBP	1	Majority
		Francisco Datol Jr.		Senior Citizens	1	Majority
		Milagros Aquino Magsaysay		Senior Citizens	1	Majority
		Raymond Mendoza		TUCP	4	Majority
Benhur Lopez Jr.		YACAP	1	Minority

Committees

Constitutional bodies

Committee	Senate						House of Representatives
	Chairman	Party		Minority leader	Party		Chairman	Party		District	Minority leader	Party		District
Commission on Appointments	Tito Sotto*		NPC	Francis Pangilinan		Liberal	Ronaldo Zamora		PDP–Laban	San Juan	Julieta Cortuna		A TEACHER	Party-list
Senate Electoral Tribunal	Grace Poe		Independent	Antonio Trillanes		Nacionalista	—
House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal	—						Jorge Almonte		PDP–Laban	Misamis Oriental–1st	Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual		KALINGA	Party-list
Judicial and Bar Council	Dick Gordon		Independent	—			Reynaldo Umali		Liberal	Oriental Mindoro–2nd	—

*Originally Koko Pimentel (PDP–Laban) from July 25, 2016, to May 21, 2018.

Senate committees

Main article: List of Philippine Senate committees

Committee	Party		Chair	Party		Minority leader	Number of members
Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations*		Independent	Richard Gordon		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	17
Accounts		Independent	Panfilo Lacson		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	11
Agrarian Reform		Nacionalista	Alan Peter Cayetano		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	9
Agriculture and Food		Liberal	Kiko Pangilinan		Independent	Francis Escudero	11
Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies		Independent	Francis Escudero		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	9
Civil Service and Government Reorganization		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes IV	none			7
Climate Change		NPC	Loren Legarda		Independent	Francis Escudero	9
Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws		Liberal	Franklin Drilon		Independent	Francis Escudero	11
Cooperatives		Independent	Migz Zubiri		Independent	Francis Escudero	9
Cultural Communities		UNA	Nancy Binay		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	7
Economic Affairs		NPC	Win Gatchalian		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	9
Education, Arts and Culture		Liberal	Bam Aquino		Independent	Francis Escudero	15
Electoral Reforms and People's Participation		Liberal	Leila de Lima		Independent	Francis Escudero	11
Energy		NPC	Win Gatchalian		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	15
Environment and Natural Resources		Nacionalista	Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	15
Ethics and Privileges		NPC	Tito Sotto		Independent	Francis Escudero	7
Finance		NPC	Loren Legarda		Independent	Francis Escudero	17
Foreign Relations		Nacionalista	Alan Peter Cayetano		Independent	Francis Escudero	15
Games, Amusement and Sports		Independent	Panfilo Lacson		Independent	Francis Escudero	9
Government Corporations and Public Enterprises		Independent	Richard Gordon		Independent	Francis Escudero	9
Health and Demography		Akbayan	Risa Hontiveros		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	11
Justice and Human Rights		Independent	Richard Gordon		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	9
Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development		CIBAC	Joel Villanueva		Independent	Francis Escudero	13
Local Government		LDP	Sonny Angara		Independent	Francis Escudero	13
National Defense and Security		UNA	Gregorio Honasan		Independent	Francis Escudero	19
Peace, Unification and Reconciliation		UNA	Gregorio Honasan		Independent	Francis Escudero	7
Public Information and Mass Media		Independent	Grace Poe		Independent	Francis Escudero	9
Public Order and Dangerous Drugs		Independent	Panfilo Lacson		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	9
Public Services		Independent	Grace Poe		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	11
Public Works		PDP–Laban	Manny Pacquiao		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	13
Rules		NPC	Tito Sotto		Independent	Francis Escudero	9
Science and Technology		Liberal	Bam Aquino		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	7
Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development		Nacionalista	Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	7
Tourism		UNA	Nancy Binay		Independent	Francis Escudero	7
Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship		Independent	Migz Zubiri		Independent	Francis Escudero	9
Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement		PDP–Laban	JV Ejercito		Independent	Francis Escudero	11
Ways and Means		LDP	Sonny Angara		Independent	Francis Escudero	15
Women, Family Relations and Gender Equality		Akbayan	Risa Hontiveros		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	9
Youth		CIBAC	Joel Villanueva		Nacionalista	Antonio Trillanes	7

*more popularly known as the Blue Ribbon Committee.

House of Representatives committees

Main article: List of Philippine House of Representatives committees

Committee	Party		Chair	Party		Minority leader	Number of members
Accounts		Nacionalista	Eileen Ermita-Buhain		Nacionalista	Richard Eusebio	105
Agrarian Reform		Liberal	Rene Relampagos		Butil	Cecilia Leonila Chavez	40
Agriculture and Food		ANAC-IP	Jose Panganiban Jr.		Butil	Cecilia Leonila Chavez	65
Appropriations		NUP	Karlo Nograles		Agri	Orestes Salon	125
Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources		NUP	Luis Ferrer IV		Butil	Cecilia Leonila Chavez	55
Banks and Financial Intermediaries		Nacionalista	Ben Evardone		Agri	Orestes Salon	45
Basic Education and Culture	none				A TEACHER	Julieta Cortuna	65
Civil Service and Professional Regulation	none				Nacionalista	Richard Eusebio	35
Constitutional Amendments		Liberal	Roger Mercado		Aangat Tayo	Harlin Neil Abayon III	35
Cooperatives Development		AGAP	Rico Geron		ALONA	Anna Marie Villaraza-Suarez	25
Dangerous Drugs		Nacionalista	Robert "Ace" Barbers		Butil	Cecilia Leonila Chavez	45
Ecology		PDP–Laban	Estrelita Suansing		Liberal	Arlene B. Arcillas	35
Economic Affairs		NPC	Arthur Yap		Agri	Orestes Salon	35
Energy		PDP–Laban	Lord Allan Jay Velasco		Agri	Orestes Salon	65
Ethics and Privileges		Agri	Delphine Lee	none			25
Foreign Affairs		Liberal	Linabelle Ruth Villarica		ACTS-OFW	Aniceto Bertiz	55
Games and Amusements		PDP–Laban	Gustavo Tambuting		UNA	Monsour del Rosario	65
Good Government and Public Accountability		PDP–Laban	Johnny Pimentel		Agri	Orestes Salon	45
Government Enterprises and Privatization		PDP–Laban	Jesus Sacdalan		Nacionalista	Richard Eusebio	35
Government Reorganization		Liberal	Henedina Abad		ACTS-OFW	Aniceto Bertiz	25
Health		NPC	Angelina Tan		Butil	Cecilia Leonila Chavez	65
Higher and Technical Education		Liberal	Dulce Ann Hofer		A TEACHER	Julieta Cortuna	65
Housing and Urban Development		PDP–Laban	Alfredo Benitez		ACTS-OFW	Aniceto Bertiz	55
Human Rights		Liberal	Cherry Deloso-Montalla		A TEACHER	Julieta Cortuna	35
Indigenous Cultural Communities And Indigenous Peoples		Liberal	Nancy Catamco		Liberal	Arlene B. Arcillas	25
Information and Communications Technology		NPC	Victor Yap		A TEACHER	Julieta Cortuna	55
Interparliamentary Relations and Diplomacy		PDP–Laban	Rosemarie Arenas		ALONA	Anna Marie Villaraza-Suarez	45
Justice		PDP–Laban	Reynaldo V. Umali		Kalinga	Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual	55
Labor and Employment		NUP	Randolph Ting		ACTS-OFW	Aniceto Bertiz	40
Legislative Franchises		PDP–Laban	Franz Alvarez		ACTS-OFW	Aniceto Bertiz	45
Local Government		NPC	Pedro Acharon Jr.		Liberal	Arlene B. Arcillas	55
Metro Manila Development		Liberal	Winston Castelo		Nacionalista	Richard Eusebio	30
Mindanao Affairs		CDP	Maximo Rodriguez. Jr		ACTS-OFW	Aniceto Bertiz	60
Muslim Affairs	none				ACTS-OFW	Aniceto Bertiz	20
National Defense and Security		Aksyon	Amado Espino Jr.		UNA	Monsour del Rosario	65
Natural Resources	none				Agri	Orestes Salon	65
Overseas Workers Affairs	none				ACTS-OFW	Aniceto Bertiz	35
People's Participation	none				ALONA	Anna Marie Villaraza-Suarez	25
Population and Family Relations		UNA	Sol Aragones		Butil	Cecilia Leonila Chavez	25
Poverty Alleviation	none				Kalinga	Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual	25
Public Information	none				Kalinga	Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual	35
Public Order and Safety		Liberal	Romeo Acop		Nacionalista	Richard Eusebio	55
Public Works and Highways		PDP–Laban	Celso Lobregat		Nacionalista	Richard Eusebio	95
Revision of Laws		NPC	Marlyn Primicias-Agabas		Kalinga	Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual	25
Rules		Nacionalista	Rodolfo Fariñas		Aangat Tayo	Harlin Neil Abayon III	30
Rural Development		PDP–Laban	Deogracias Ramos		Agri	Orestes Salon	25
Science and Technology		NPC	Erico Aristotle Aumentado		Butil	Cecilia Leonila Chavez	35
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development		PDP–Laban	Peter Unabia		ALONA	Anna Marie Villaraza-Suarez	25
Social Services		Liberal	Frederick Abueg		ALONA	Anna Marie Villaraza-Suarez	35
Suffrage And Electoral Reforms		CIBAC	Sherwin Tugna		Kalinga	Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual	35
Tourism		PDP–Laban	Lucy Torres		A TEACHER	Julieta Cortuna	55
Trade and Industry		NUP	Ferjenel G. Biron		Liberal	Arlene B. Arcillas	55
Transportation		Liberal	Cesar Sarmiento		Nacionalista	Richard Eusebio	85
Veterans Affairs and Welfare		Liberal	Leopoldo Bataoil		Butil	Cecilia Leonila Chavez	30
Ways and Means		Liberal	Dakila Carlo Cua		Agri	Orestes Salon	75
Welfare of Children		NPC	Aurora Cerilles		ALONA	Anna Marie Villaraza-Suarez	20
Women and Gender Equality	none				Kalinga	Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual	55
Youth and Sports Development		Abono	Conrado Estrella III		PDP–Laban	Monsour del Rosario	35

Changes in membership

Senate

Vacating member					Special election	Successor
Member	Party		Date	Reason		Name	Party	Date
Alan Peter Cayetano		Nacionalista	May 17, 2017	Appointment as Secretary of Foreign Affairs [6]	None; seat to be filled in the 2019 election.

House of Representatives

District Representatives

District	Vacating member					Special election	Successor
	Member	Party		Date	Reason		Member	Party		Date
Sulu–1st	Tupay Loong		NUP	June 30, 2016	Death due to liver cancer [20]	No special elections were done, and no replacements were elected.
Las Piñas	Mark Villar		Nacionalista	August 1, 2016	Appointed as Secretary of Public Works and Highways [16]
Basilan	Jum Jainudin Akbar		Liberal	November 11, 2016	Death due to cardiac arrest [21]
Mountain Province	Maximo Dalog		Liberal	June 3, 2017	Death due to kidney failure [17]
Batanes	Henedina Abad		Liberal	October 8, 2017	Death due to cancer [10]

Party-list Representatives

Member	Party	Date	Reason	Successor	Took office
Sitti Djalia Turabin Hataman [22]	Anak Mindanao	October 2, 2017	Resigned to return to private life	Amihilda Sangcopan	January 15, 2018 [23]
Harry Roque	Kabayan	October 30, 2017	Appointed as Presidential Spokesperson	Ciriaco Calalang
Emmeline Aglipay-Villar	DIWA	July 11, 2018	Appointed as Justice Undersecretary	Pepito Pico	November 14, 2018
Ciriaco Calalang	Kabayan	September 23, 2018	Death due to stroke [24]	Paul Hernandez	October 3, 2018 [25]
Eugene De Vera	ABS Partylist	November 19, 2018	Dropped from the rolls	Ullyses Garces	December 3, 2018
Rodel Batocabe	Ako Bicol	December 22, 2018	Died in an ambush	Ronald Ang	January 15, 2019

Laws passed

The 17th Congress passed a total of 379 bills which were signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte. 120 of these laws were national in scope, while 259 were local. ^[26] Some of these laws include: ^[27]

• Republic Act 10923: Postponing of the Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, 2016
• Republic Act 10931: Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act
• Republic Act 10952: Postponing of the Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, 2016
• Republic Act 10962: Gift Check Act of 2017
• Republic Act 10966: Making December 8 as a nonworking holiday commemorating the feast of the Immaculate Conception
• Republic Act 11014: The First Philippine Republic Day Act
• Republic Act 11053: Anti-Hazing Act of 2018
• Republic Act 11054: Bangsamoro Organic Law
• Republic Act 11055: Philippine Identification System Act
• Republic Act 11058: Occupational Safety and Health Standards Law

Notes

1. Resigned on May 17, 2017 upon appointment as Secretary of Foreign Affairs. ^[6]
2. Detained on February 24, 2017 for charges linked to the New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal.
3. Died on November 11, 2016. ^[8]
4. Died on October 8, 2017. ^[10]
5. Resigned on November 5, 2018 upon appointment as Cabinet Secretary. ^[14]
6. Resigned on August 1, 2016 upon appointment as Secretary of Public Works and Highways. ^[16]
7. Died on June 3, 2017. ^[17]
8. Representative-elect. Died on June 30, 2016. ^[19]
9. Removed on November 19, 2018.
10. Took office on December 3, 2018, succeeding Eugene Michael de Vera.
11. Assassinated on December 22, 2018.
12. Took office on January 15, 2019, succeeding Rodel Batocabe.
13. Resigned on October 2, 2017.
14. Took office on January 15, 2018, succeeding Sitti Djalia Hataman.
15. Resigned on July 11, 2018 upon appointment as an undersecretary in the Department of Justice.
16. Took office on November 14, 2018, succeeding Emmeline Aglipay-Villar.
17. Resigned on October 30, 2017 upon appointment as Presidential Spokesperson.
18. Took office on January 20, 2018, succeeding Harry Roque. Died on September 23, 2018.
19. Took office on October 3, 2018, succeeding Ciriaco Calalang.

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