18th Congress of the Philippines

18th Congress of the Philippines
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Overview
Term	July 22, 2019 – June 1, 2022
President	Rodrigo Duterte
Vice President	Leni Robredo
Senate
Members	24
President	Tito Sotto
President pro tempore	Ralph Recto
Majority leader	Migz Zubiri
Minority leader	Franklin Drilon
House of Representatives
Members	304
Speaker	Alan Peter Cayetano (until October 13, 2020) Lord Allan Velasco (from October 13, 2020)
Deputy Speakers	Paolo Duterte (until October 13, 2020) Ferdinand Hernandez Evelina Escudero Loren Legarda Conrado Estrella III Prospero Pichay Jr. Roberto Puno Eddie Villanueva Aurelio Gonzales Jr. (until December 7, 2020) Johnny Pimentel (until December 7, 2020) Luis Raymund Villafuerte (until October 14, 2020) Raneo Abu (until November 18, 2020) Neptali Gonzales II Danilo Fernandez (until November 18, 2020) Rose Marie Arenas (from July 29, 2019) Rodante Marcoleta (from July 29, 2019) Henry Oaminal (from July 29, 2019) Pablo John Garcia (from July 29, 2019) Vilma Santos (from August 13, 2019) Deogracias Victor Savellano (from August 13, 2019) Mujiv Hataman (from August 13, 2019) Mikee Romero (August 13, 2019 – October 2, 2020 and from October 14, 2020) Fredenil Castro (October 2 – November 18, 2020) Paulino Salvador Leachon (October 2 – November 18, 2020) Lito Atienza (from November 18, 2020) Rufus Rodriguez (from November 18, 2020) Arnolfo Teves Jr. (from December 7, 2020) Benny Abante (from December 7, 2020) Wes Gatchalian (from December 7, 2020) Eric Martinez (from December 7, 2020) Juan Pablo Bondoc (from December 7, 2020) Bernadette Herrera (from December 7, 2020) Divina Grace Yu (from December 7, 2020) Rogelio Pacquiao (from December 7, 2020) Kristine Singson-Meehan (from December 7, 2020) Strike Revilla (from December 14, 2020) Isidro Ungab (from December 16, 2020) Abraham Tolentino (from December 16, 2020) Camille Villar (from February 2, 2021) Len Alonte (from March 25, 2021)
Majority leader	Martin Romualdez
Minority leader	Benny Abante (until October 16, 2020) Joseph Stephen Paduano (from October 19, 2020)

The 18th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino : Ikalabingwalong Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 22, 2019, until June 1, 2022, during the last three years of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency. The convening of the 18th Congress followed the 2019 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

Leadership

Senate

• President: Tito Sotto (NPC)
• President pro tempore: Ralph Recto (Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Migz Zubiri (Independent)
• Minority Floor Leader: Franklin Drilon (Liberal)

House of Representatives

• Speaker:
  • Alan Peter Cayetano (Taguig–Pateros, Nacionalista), until October 13, 2020
  • Lord Allan Velasco (Marinduque, PDP–Laban), from October 13, 2020
• Deputy Speakers:
  • Paolo Duterte (Davao City–1st, HNP), until October 13, 2020
  • Ferdinand Hernandez (South Cotabato–2nd, PDP–Laban)
  • Evelina Escudero (Sorsogon–1st, NPC)
  • Loren Legarda (Antique, NPC)
  • Conrado Estrella III (Abono)
  • Prospero Pichay Jr. (Surigao del Sur–1st, Lakas)
  • Roberto Puno (Antipolo–1st, NUP)
  • Eddie Villanueva (CIBAC)
  • Aurelio Gonzales Jr. (Pampanga–3rd, PDP–Laban), until December 7, 2020
  • Johnny Pimentel (Surigao del Sur–2nd, PDP–Laban), until December 7, 2020
  • Luis Raymund Villafuerte (Camarines Sur–2nd, Nacionalista), until October 14, 2020
  • Raneo Abu (Batangas–2nd, Nacionalista), until November 18, 2020
  • Neptali Gonzales II (Mandaluyong, PDP–Laban)
  • Danilo Fernandez (Laguna–1st, PDP–Laban), until November 18, 2020
  • Rose Marie Arenas (Pangasinan–3rd, PDP–Laban), from July 29, 2019
  • Rodante Marcoleta (SAGIP), from July 29, 2019
  • Henry Oaminal (Misamis Occidental–2nd, Nacionalista), from July 29, 2019
  • Pablo John Garcia (Cebu–3rd, NUP), from July 29, 2019
  • Vilma Santos (Batangas–6th, Nacionalista), from August 13, 2019
  • Deogracias Victor Savellano (Ilocos Sur–1st, Nacionalista), from August 13, 2019
  • Mujiv Hataman (Basilan, Liberal), from August 13, 2019
  • Mikee Romero (1-Pacman), August 13, 2019 – October 2, 2020 and from October 14, 2020
  • Fredenil Castro (Capiz–2nd, Lakas), October 2 – November 18, 2020
  • Paulino Salvador Leachon (Oriental Mindoro–1st, PDP–Laban), from October 14, 2020
  • Lito Atienza (Buhay), from November 18, 2020
  • Rufus Rodriguez (Cagayan de Oro–2nd, CDP), from November 18, 2020
  • Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Negros Oriental–3rd, PDP–Laban), from December 7, 2020
  • Benny Abante (Manila–6th, NUP), from December 7, 2020
  • Wes Gatchalian (Valenzuela–1st, NPC), from December 7, 2020
  • Eric Martinez (Valenzuela–2nd, PDP–Laban), from December 7, 2020
  • Juan Pablo Bondoc (Pampanga–4th, PDP–Laban), from December 7, 2020
  • Bernadette Herrera (Bagong Henerasyon), from December 7, 2020
  • Divina Grace Yu (Zamboanga del Sur–1st, PDP–Laban), from December 7, 2020
  • Rogelio Pacquiao (Sarangani, PDP–Laban), from December 7, 2020
  • Kristine Singson-Meehan (Ilocos Sur–2nd, Bileg), from December 7, 2020
  • Strike Revilla (Cavite–2nd, NUP), from December 14, 2020
  • Isidro Ungab (Davao City–3rd, HNP), from December 16, 2020
  • Abraham Tolentino (Cavite–8th, NUP), from December 16, 2020
  • Camille Villar (Las Piñas, Nacionalista), from February 2, 2021
  • Len Alonte (Biñan, PDP–Laban), from March 25, 2021
• Majority Floor Leader: Martin Romualdez (Leyte–1st, Lakas)
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Benny Abante (Manila–6th, NUP), until October 16, 2020
  • Joseph Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod), from October 19, 2020

Sessions

• First Regular Session: July 22, 2019 – June 5, 2020
  • July 22 – October 4, 2019
  • October 5 – November 3, 2019
  • November 4 – December 20, 2019
  • January 20 – March 13, 2020
  • March 14 – May 3, 2020
    • First Special Session: March 23, 2020
  • May 4 – June 5, 2020
• Second Regular Session: July 27, 2020 – June 4, 2021
  • July 27 – October 12, 2020
  • Second Special Session: October 13–16, 2020 ^[1]
  • November 16 – December 18, 2020
  • January 18 – March 26, 2021
  • May 17 – June 4, 2021
• Third Regular Session: July 26, 2021 – June 3, 2022
  • July 26 – September 30, 2021
  • November 8 – December 17, 2021
  • January 17 – February 4, 2022
  • May 23 – June 1, 2022

Meeting places

• Senate: GSIS Building, Pasay
• House of Representatives: Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City
  • Batangas City Convention Center, Batangas City (January 22, 2020) ^[2]
  • Celebrity Sports Plaza, Quezon City (October 12, 2020) ^[3]

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.

Senate Party Maj Min Total % Nacionalista 4 0 4 16.67% Liberal 0 3 3 12.50% NPC 3 0 3 12.50% PDP–Laban 3 0 3 12.50% Akbayan 0 1 1 4.17% Bagumbayan 1 0 1 4.17% Lakas 1 0 1 4.17% LDP 1 0 1 4.17% PDDS 1 0 1 4.17% PROMDI 1 0 1 4.17% UNA 1 0 1 4.17% Independent 4 0 4 16.67% Total 20 4 24 100%

House of Representatives Party 2019 results Current seats Maj Min Ind min Una Total % PCFI [a] 54 45 8 1 0 54 17.76% PDP–Laban 82 51 0 1 0 52 17.11% Nacionalista 42 41 2 0 0 43 14.14% NPC 37 36 2 0 0 38 12.50% NUP 25 31 2 0 0 33 10.86% Lakas 12 24 0 0 0 24 7.89% Liberal 18 8 4 0 0 12 3.95% Makabayan [a] 6 0 6 0 0 6 1.97% Hugpong 3 4 0 1 0 5 1.64% BPP 2 2 0 0 0 2 0.66% LDP 2 1 0 1 0 2 0.66% NUP/1-Cebu 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.66% NUP/Asenso Manileño 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.66% NUP/UNEGA 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.66% UBJP 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.66% Aksyon 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% Aksyon/Asenso Manileño 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% Basilan Unity Party 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% CDP 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% Kambilan 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% Lakas/UNEGA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% Magdalo [a] 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% Mindoro bago Sarili 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% NPC/Partido Siquijodnon 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% Navoteño 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% One Muntinlupa 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.33% PCM 0 1 0 1 0 1 0.33% PDDS 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.33% PPPL 2 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% PRP 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% Reporma 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.33% Unang Sigaw 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.33% Independent 2 2 0 0 0 2 0.66% Asenso Abrenio 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% HTL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% KABAKA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Vacancy 0 0 0 0 6 6 1.97% Total 304 268 25 5 6 304 100% Party-list representative

Members

Senate

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Places of registrations of the senators. Blue pogs are for cities and municipalities with one senator; those in red have two. Senators are elected at a nationwide, at-large basis.

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

• For senators elected on May 9, 2016: June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2022
• For senators elected on May 13, 2019: June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2025

Senator	Party		Term	Term ending	Bloc	Registered in
Sonny Angara		LDP	2	2025	Majority	Baler, Aurora
Nancy Binay		UNA	2	2025	Majority	Makati
Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista	1	2025	Majority	Taguig
Leila de Lima [a]		Liberal	1	2022	Minority	Parañaque
Ronald dela Rosa		PDP–Laban	1	2025	Majority	Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur
Franklin Drilon		Liberal	2	2022	Minority	Iloilo City
Win Gatchalian		NPC	1	2022	Majority	Valenzuela
Bong Go		PDP–Laban [b]	1	2025	Majority	Davao City
Dick Gordon		Bagumbayan–VNP	1	2022	Majority	Olongapo
Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan	1	2022	Minority	Manila
Panfilo Lacson		Independent [c]	1	2022	Majority	Imus, Cavite
Lito Lapid		NPC	1	2025	Majority	Porac, Pampanga
Imee Marcos		Nacionalista	1	2025	Majority	Batac, Ilocos Norte
Manny Pacquiao		PROMDI [d]	1	2022	Majority	Kiamba, Sarangani
Francis Pangilinan		Liberal	1	2022	Minority	Quezon City
Koko Pimentel		PDP–Laban	2	2025	Majority	Cagayan de Oro
Grace Poe		Independent	2	2025	Majority	San Juan
Ralph Recto		Nacionalista	2	2022	Majority	Lipa, Batangas
Bong Revilla		Lakas	1	2025	Majority	Bacoor, Cavite
Tito Sotto		NPC	2	2022	Majority	Quezon City
Francis Tolentino		PDP–Laban	1	2025	Majority	Tagaytay, Cavite
Joel Villanueva		Independent	1	2022	Majority	Bocaue, Bulacan
Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista	2	2025	Majority	Las Piñas
Migz Zubiri		Independent	1	2022	Majority	Malaybalay, Bukidnon

House of Representatives

Terms of members of the House of Representatives started on June 30, 2019, took office on July 22, 2019, and ended on June 30, 2022, unless stated otherwise.

Party standings per district; party-lists are denoted by boxes to the right. Metro Manila is shown to the inset, at the upper right corner.

Map of provinces showing how many congressional districts it has. Metro Manila is shown to the inset, at the upper right corner.

Province/City	District	Representative	Party		Term	Bloc
Abra	Lone	Joseph Bernos		Nacionalista [e]	2	Majority
Agusan del Norte	1st	Lawrence Fortun		Nacionalista	3	Minority
	2nd	Angelica Amante		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Agusan del Sur	1st	Alfel Bascug		NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Eddiebong Plaza		NUP	1	Majority
Aklan	1st	Carlito Marquez		NPC	2	Majority
	2nd	Teodorico Haresco Jr.		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Albay	1st	Edcel Lagman		Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Joey Salceda		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	3rd	Fernando Cabredo		NUP [f]	1	Majority
Antipolo	1st	Roberto Puno		NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Resurreccion Acop [g]		NUP	1	Majority
Antique	Lone	Loren Legarda		NPC	1	Majority
Apayao	Lone	Elias Bulut Jr.		NPC	1	Majority
Aurora	Lone	Rommel T. Angara		LDP	1	Majority
Bacolod	Lone	Greg Gasataya		NPC	2	Majority
Baguio	Lone	Mark Go		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Basilan	Lone	Mujiv Hataman		BUP [h]	1	Majority
Bataan	1st	Geraldine Roman		Lakas [f]	2	Majority
	2nd	Joet Garcia		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Batanes	Lone	Jun Gato		NPC	1	Majority
Batangas	1st	Eileen Ermita-Buhain		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	2nd	Raneo Abu		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	3rd	Maria Theresa Collantes		NPC [f]	2	Majority
	4th	Lianda Bolilia		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	5th	Marvey Mariño		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	6th	Vilma Santos		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Benguet	Lone	Nestor Fongwan [i]		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Biliran	Lone	Gerardo Espina Jr.		Lakas [f]	1	Majority
Biñan	Lone	Len Alonte		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Bohol	1st	Edgar Chatto		NUP [h]	1	Majority
	2nd	Aris Aumentado		NPC	3	Majority
	3rd	Alexie Tutor		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Bukidnon	1st	Maria Lourdes Acosta-Alba		BPP	3	Majority
	2nd	Jonathan Keith Flores		Nacionalista [f]	1	Majority
	3rd	Manuel Zubiri		BPP	2	Majority
	4th	Rogelio Neil Roque		PRP [j]	3	Majority
Bulacan	1st	Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado		PDP–Laban [k]	2	Majority
	2nd	Gavini Pancho		NUP	3	Majority
	3rd	Lorna Silverio		NUP	2	Majority
	4th	Henry Villarica		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Cagayan	1st	Ramon Nolasco Jr.		NPC [f]	1	Majority
	2nd	Samantha Louise Vargas-Alfonso		NUP	1	Majority
	3rd	Joseph Lara		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Cagayan de Oro	1st	Rolando Uy		NUP [f]	3	Majority
	2nd	Rufus Rodriguez		CDP	1	Majority
Calamba	Lone	Jun Chipeco		Nacionalista	3	Majority
Caloocan	1st	Along Malapitan		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	2nd	Edgar Erice		Aksyon [h]	3	Majority
Camarines Norte	1st	Josefina Tallado		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	2nd	Marisol Panotes [l]		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Camarines Sur	1st	Marissa Mercado-Andaya [m]		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Luis Raymund Villafuerte		NUP [j]	2	Majority
	3rd	Gabriel Bordado		Liberal	2	Minority
	4th	Arnulf Bryan Fuentebella		NPC	1	Majority
	5th	Jocelyn Fortuno		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Camiguin	Lone	Xavier Jesus Romualdo		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Capiz	1st	Tawi Billones		Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Fredenil Castro		Lakas [k]	3	Majority
Catanduanes	Lone	Hector Sanchez		Lakas [n]	1	Majority
Cavite	1st	Francis Gerald Abaya		Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd	Strike Revilla		Nacionalista [k]	2	Majority
	3rd	Alex Advincula		NUP [f]	3	Minority
	4th	Elpidio Barzaga Jr.		NUP	1	Majority
	5th	Dahlia Loyola		NPC	1	Majority
	6th	Luis Ferrer IV		NUP	3	Majority
	7th	Jesus Crispin Remulla		NUP [j]	1	Majority
	8th	Abraham Tolentino		NUP [f]	3	Majority
Cebu	1st	Eduardo Gullas		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd	Wilfredo Caminero		NUP	3	Majority
	3rd	Pablo John Garcia		NUP [f]	1	Majority
	4th	Janice Salimbangon		NUP	1	Majority
	5th	Duke Frasco		NUP [o]	1	Majority
	6th	Emmarie Dizon		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	7th	Peter John Calderon		NPC	2	Majority
Cebu City	1st	Raul del Mar [p]		Liberal	3	Independent minority
	2nd	Rodrigo Abellanosa		LDP	3	Independent minority
Cotabato	1st	Joselito Sacdalan		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	2nd	Rudy Caoagdan		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	3rd	Jose Tejada		Nacionalista	3	Majority
Davao City	1st	Paolo Duterte		HNP [q]	1	Majority
	2nd	Vincent Garcia		HNP	1	Majority
	3rd	Isidro Ungab		HNP	1	Independent minority
Davao de Oro	1st	Manuel E. Zamora		HNP	1	Majority
	2nd	Ruwel Peter Gonzaga		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Davao del Norte	1st	Pantaleon Alvarez		Reporma [8] [f]	2	Independent minority
	2nd	Alan Dujali		HNP [f]	1	Majority
Davao del Sur	Lone	Mercedes Cagas		Nacionalista	3	Majority
Davao Occidental	Lone	Lorna Bautista-Bandigan		Lakas [r]	2	Majority
Davao Oriental	1st	Corazon Nuñez Malanyaon		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	2nd	Joel Mayo Almario		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Dinagat Islands	Lone	Alan Ecleo		Lakas [f]	1	Majority
Eastern Samar	Lone	Maria Fe Abunda		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Guimaras	Lone	Maria Lucille Nava		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Ifugao	Lone	Solomon Chungalao		NPC	1	Majority
Iligan	Lone	Frederick Siao		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Ilocos Norte	1st	Ria Christina Fariñas		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	2nd	Eugenio Angelo Barba		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Ilocos Sur	1st	Deogracias Victor Savellano		Nacionalista	2	Majority
	2nd	Kristine Singson-Meehan		NPC [s]	1	Majority
Iloilo	1st	Janette Garin		NUP [j]	1	Minority
	2nd	Michael Gorriceta		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	3rd	Lorenz Defensor		NUP [f]	1	Majority
	4th	Braeden John Biron		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	5th	Raul Tupas		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Iloilo City	Lone	Julienne Baronda		NUP	1	Majority
Isabela	1st	Tonypet Albano		Lakas [f]	1	Majority
	2nd	Ed Christopher Go		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	3rd	Ian Paul Dy		NPC	1	Majority
	4th	Alyssa Sheena Tan-Dy		PDP–Laban [t]	1	Majority
	5th	Faustino Dy III		NPC [t]	1	Majority
	6th	Inno Dy		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Kalinga	Lone	Allen Jesse Mangaoang		Nacionalista	2	Majority
La Union	1st	Pablo Ortega		NPC	2	Majority
	2nd	Sandra Eriguel		Lakas [f]	2	Majority
Laguna	1st	Danilo Fernandez		PDP–Laban	1	Minority
	2nd	Ruth Hernandez		PDP–Laban [n]	1	Majority
	3rd	Sol Aragones		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	4th	Benjamin Agarao Jr.		PDP–Laban	3	Independent minority
Lanao del Norte	1st	Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	2nd	Abdullah Dimaporo		NPC	3	Majority
Lanao del Sur	1st	Ansaruddin Alonto Adiong		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	2nd	Yasser Balindong		Lakas	1	Majority
Lapu-Lapu City	Lone	Paz Radaza		Lakas	1	Majority
Las Piñas	Lone	Camille Villar		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Leyte	1st	Martin Romualdez		Lakas	1	Majority
	2nd	Lolita Javier		Nacionalista [t]	1	Majority
	3rd	Vicente Veloso III		NPC [k]	2	Majority
	4th	Lucy Torres-Gomez		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	5th	Carl Cari		PDP–Laban [t]	1	Majority
Maguindanao	1st	Datu Roonie Sinsuat Sr.		UBJP [f]	1	Majority
	2nd	Esmael Mangudadatu		UBJP [f]	1	Majority
Makati	1st	Kid Peña		Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd	Luis Campos		NPC	2	Minority
Malabon	Lone	Josephine Lacson-Noel		NPC	1	Majority
Mandaluyong	Lone	Neptali Gonzales II		NUP [f]	1	Majority
Manila	1st	Manny Lopez		PDP–Laban [r]	2	Majority
	2nd	Rolando Valeriano		NUP [u]	1	Majority
	3rd	Yul Servo		Aksyon [f]	2	Majority
	4th	Edward Maceda		NPC [v]	2	Majority
	5th	Cristal Bagatsing		NUP [w]	2	Majority
	6th	Benny Abante		NUP [u]	1	Minority
Marikina	1st	Bayani Fernando		NPC	2	Minority
	2nd	Stella Quimbo		Liberal	1	Minority
Marinduque	Lone	Lord Allan Velasco		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Masbate	1st	Narciso Bravo Jr.		NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Elisa Olga Kho		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	3rd	Wilton Kho		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Misamis Occidental	1st	Diego Ty		NUP	1	Majority
	2nd	Henry Oaminal		Nacionalista	3	Majority
Misamis Oriental	1st	Christian Unabia		Lakas	1	Majority
	2nd	Juliette Uy		NUP	3	Majority
Mountain Province	Lone	Maximo Dalog Jr.		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Muntinlupa	Lone	Ruffy Biazon		One Muntinlupa [f]	2	Majority
Navotas	Lone	John Rey Tiangco		Navoteño	1	Majority
Negros Occidental	1st	Gerardo Valmayor Jr.		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	Leo Rafael Cueva		NUP	3	Majority
	3rd	Jose Francisco Benitez		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	4th	Yoyette Ferrer		NUP	2	Majority
	5th	Maria Lourdes Arroyo		Lakas	1	Majority
	6th	Genaro Alvarez Jr.		NPC	1	Majority
Negros Oriental	1st	Jocelyn Limkaichong		Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd	Manuel Sagarbarria		NPC	2	Majority
	3rd	Arnolfo Teves Jr.		NPC [f]	2	Minority
Northern Samar	1st	Paul Daza		NUP [h]	1	Majority
	2nd	Jose Ong Jr.		NUP [f]	1	Majority
Nueva Ecija	1st	Estrellita Suansing		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	2nd	Micaela Violago		NUP	2	Majority
	3rd	Rosanna Vergara		PDP–Laban [x]	2	Majority
	4th	Maricel Natividad-Nagaño		Unang Sigaw [y]	1	Majority
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Luisa Cuaresma		Lakas [k]	2	Majority
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Josephine Sato		Liberal	3	Majority
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Paulino Salvador Leachon		MBS [f]	3	Majority
	2nd	Alfonso Umali Jr.		Liberal	1	Majority
Palawan	1st	Franz Alvarez		NUP	3	Majority
	2nd	Beng Abueg		Liberal [z]	1	Majority
	3rd	Gil Acosta Jr.		PPPL	1	Majority
Pampanga	1st	Carmelo Lazatin II		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	2nd	Mikey Arroyo		Lakas	1	Majority
	3rd	Aurelio Gonzales Jr.		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	4th	Juan Pablo Bondoc		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Pangasinan	1st	Arnold Celeste		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd	Jumel Anthony Espino		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	3rd	Rose Marie Arenas		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	4th	Christopher de Venecia		Lakas	2	Majority
	5th	Ramon Guico III		Nacionalista [o]	1	Majority
	6th	Tyrone Agabas		NPC	1	Majority
Parañaque	1st	Eric Olivarez		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	2nd	Joy Myra Tambunting		NUP [f]	1	Majority
Pasay	Lone	Antonino Calixto		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
Pasig	Lone	Roman Romulo		Independent [aa]	1	Majority
Quezon	1st	Mark Enverga		NPC	1	Majority
	2nd	David C. Suarez		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	3rd	Aleta Suarez		Lakas	1	Majority
	4th	Angelina Tan		NPC	3	Majority
Quezon City	1st	Anthony Peter Crisologo		Lakas [f]	1	Majority
	2nd	Precious Hipolito		Lakas [r]	1	Majority
	3rd	Allan Benedict Reyes		NPC [t]	1	Majority
	4th	Bong Suntay		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	5th	Alfred Vargas		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
	6th	Kit Belmonte		Liberal	3	Minority
Quirino	Lone	Junie Cua		PDDS [f]	1	Majority
Rizal	1st	Jack Duavit		NPC	2	Majority
	2nd	Fidel Nograles		Lakas [f]	1	Majority
Romblon	Lone	Eleandro Jesus Madrona		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Samar	1st	Edgar Mary Sarmiento		NUP [h]	2	Majority
	2nd	Sharee Ann Tan		Nacionalista [f]	1	Minority
San Jose del Monte	Lone	Florida Robes		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
San Juan	Lone	Ronaldo Zamora		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Sarangani	Lone	Rogelio Pacquiao		PCM [f]	2	Majority
Siquijor	Lone	Jake Vincent Villa		NPC	1	Majority
Sorsogon	1st	Evelina Escudero		NPC	3	Majority
	2nd	Bernardita Ramos [ab]		NPC	1	Majority
South Cotabato	1st	Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles [ac]		PDP–Laban	0	Majority
	2nd	Ferdinand Hernandez		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger Mercado [ad]		Lakas [f]	0	Majority
Sultan Kudarat	1st	Rihan Sakaluran		Lakas [k]	1	Majority
	2nd	Horacio Suansing Jr.		NUP [f]	2	Majority
Sulu	1st	Samier Tan		PDP–Laban	1	Majority
	2nd	Abdulmunir Mundoc Arbison		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Surigao del Norte	1st	Francisco Jose Matugas II		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	2nd	Ace Barbers		Nacionalista	2	Majority
Surigao del Sur	1st	Prospero Pichay Jr.		Lakas	2	Majority
	2nd	Johnny Pimentel		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Taguig–Pateros	1st	Alan Peter Cayetano		Independent [j]	1	Majority
Taguig	2nd	Lani Cayetano		Nacionalista	1	Majority
Tarlac	1st	Charlie Cojuangco [ae]		NPC	2	Majority
	2nd	Victor Yap		NPC	2	Majority
	3rd	Noel Villanueva		NPC	3	Majority
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Rashidin Matba		PDP–Laban [k]	1	Majority
Valenzuela	1st	Wes Gatchalian		NPC	2	Majority
	2nd	Eric Martinez		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
Zambales	1st	Jeffrey Khonghun		Nacionalista	3	Majority
	2nd	Cheryl Deloso-Montalla		NPC [h]	3	Majority
Zamboanga City	1st	Cesar Jimenez Jr.		NPC [f]	2	Majority
	2nd	Mannix Dalipe		Lakas [r]	2	Majority
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Romeo Jalosjos Jr.		Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd	Glona Labadlabad		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	3rd	Isagani Amatong		Liberal	3	Minority
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Divina Grace Yu		PDP–Laban	2	Majority
	2nd	Leonardo Babasa Jr.		Lakas [f]	1	Majority
Zamboanga Sibugay	1st	Wilter Palma II		Lakas [f]	2	Majority
	2nd	Dulce Ann Hofer		PDP–Laban	3	Majority
Party-list		Mikee Romero		1-PACMAN	2	Majority
		Enrico Pineda		1-PACMAN	2	Majority
		Maria Victoria Umali		A TEACHER	1	Minority
		Sharon Garin		AAMBIS-Owa	4	Majority
		Joseph Stephen Paduano		Abang Lingkod	2	Minority
		Conrado Estrella III		Abono	3	Majority
		France Castro		ACT Teachers	2	Independent minority
		Eric Yap		ACT-CIS	1	Majority
		Jocelyn Tulfo		ACT-CIS	1	Majority
		Rowena Niña Taduran		ACT-CIS	1	Majority
		Alfredo Garbin Jr.		Ako Bicol	2	Minority
		Elizaldy Co		Ako Bicol	1	Majority
		Sonny Lagon		Ako Bisaya	1	Majority
		Adriano Ebcas		Ako Padayon	1	Majority
		Anna Villaraza-Suarez		ALONA	2	Minority
		Bem Noel		An Waray	1	Majority
		Amihilda Sangcopan		Anak Mindanao	1	Independent minority
		Mike Defensor		Anakalusugan	1	Majority
		Alfred delos Santos		Ang Probinsyano	1	Majority
		Ronnie Ong		Ang Probinsyano	1	Majority
		Sergio Dagooc		APEC	1	Minority
		Bernadette Herrera		BH	2	Majority
		Naealla Rose Bainto-Aguinaldo		Bahay	1	Majority
		Carlos Isagani Zarate		Bayan Muna	2	Independent minority
		Ferdinand Gaite		Bayan Muna	1	Independent minority
		Eufemia Cullamat		Bayan Muna	1	Independent minority
		Angelica Natasha Co		BHW	1	Minority
		Lito Atienza		Buhay	2	Minority
		Eddie Villanueva		CIBAC	1	Majority
		Domingo Rivera		CIBAC	1	Majority
		Sabiniano Canama		Coop-NATCCO	2	Majority
		Romeo Momo Sr.		CWS	1	Majority
		Michael Edgar Aglipay		DIWA	1	Majority
		Claudine Diana Bautista		DUMPER	1	Majority
		Ducielle Cardema [af]		Duterte Youth	1	Majority
		Arlene Brosas		Gabriela	2	Minority
		Jose Gay Padiernos		GP	1	Majority
		Sarah Elago		Kabataan	2	Minority
		Ron Salo		Kabayan	2	Majority
		Irene Gay Saulog		Kalinga	1	Minority
		Shernee Tan		Kusug Tausug	2	Majority
		Rodolfo Albano Jr. [ag]		LPGMA	1	Majority
		Allan Ty [ah]		LPGMA	1	Majority
		Manuel Cabochan		Magdalo	1	Majority
		Argel Joseph Cabatbat		Magsasaka	1	Minority
		Virgilio Lacson		Manila Teachers	2	Majority
		Carlo Lisandro Gonzalez		Marino	1	Majority
		Jose Antonio Lopez [ai]		Marino	1	Majority
		Macnell Lusotan [aj]		Marino	1	Majority
		Bobby Pacquiao		OFW Family	1	Majority
		Jorge Antonio Bustos		PATROL	1	Majority
		Jericho Nograles		PBA	2	Majority
		Presley de Jesus		PHILRECA	1	Majority
		Rudys Caesar Fariñas		Probinsyano Ako	1	Majority
		Jose Singson Jr.		Probinsyano Ako	1	Minority
		Aloysia Lim		RAM	1	Majority
		Godofredo Guya		RECOBODA	1	Minority
		Rodante Marcoleta		SAGIP	2	Majority
		Francisco Datol Jr. [ak]		Senior Citizens	2	Majority
		Rodolfo Ordanes [al]		Senior Citizens	1	Majority
		Jose Teves Jr.		TGP	1	Majority
		Yedda Marie Romualdez		Tingog	2	Majority
		Raymond Mendoza		TUCP	5	Majority

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		Alex Advincula	NUP	Cavite–3rd
Electoral tribunals		Pia Cayetano	Nacionalista		Franklin Drilon	Liberal		Dale Malapitan	PDP–Laban	Caloocan–1st	[ to be determined ]
Judicial and Bar Council		Dick Gordon	Independent	—				Vicente Veloso	NUP	Leyte–3rd	—

Senate committees

Main article: List of Philippine Senate committees

House of Representatives committees

Main article: List of Philippine House of Representatives committees

Agenda

Death penalty

As of July 2019, bills seeking to reinstate capital punishment in the Philippines have been revived in the Senate ahead of the opening of the 18th Congress. ^[20]

COVID-19 pandemic

Main articles: Bayanihan to Heal as One Act and Bayanihan to Recover as One Act

The 18th Congress enacted the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act and Bayanihan to Recover as One Act as response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.

ABS-CBN franchise renewal

Main article: ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy

In May 2020, the House of Representatives acted on the pending franchise renewal bills of ABS-CBN that has been pending since July 2019.

House Speakership crisis

Lord Allan Velasco (right) takes his oath of office as House Speaker on October 12, 2020

In 2020, the position of Speaker was disputed, which in the latter part of the year threatened the passage of a bill legislating the national government's budget for 2021. The dispute involved then-speaker and Pateros–Taguig representative Alan Peter Cayetano and Marinduque representative Lord Allan Velasco. This started in July 2019, when the two had a "term-sharing agreement" which was brokered by President Rodrigo Duterte. ^[21] Under that deal, Cayetano would serve as House Speaker for the first 15 months of the 18th Congress, or until October 2020. Cayetano was to step down from his position as speaker in order to give way for the election of Velasco as speaker. ^[22]

Cayetano, in March 2020, accused Velasco and his camp of a conspiracy to remove him from his position as House Speaker. Velasco denied Cayetano's allegation of supposed ouster plot, stating it "baseless." ^[23] Cayetano initially oversaw deliberations on the 2021 national budget but tensions in the lower house of the Congress grew by September 2020. His camp abruptly ended sessions in which some legislators criticizing the move which prevented them from scrutinizing proposals on the 2021 budget. ^[24]

Cayetano offered to resign but his camp claim that majority of the House of Representatives declined his resignation. ^[24] On October 12, 2020, Lord Allan Velasco and some legislators convened at the Celebrity Sports Complex in Quezon City ^[25] and conducted a house session where positions including the speakership was declared vacant and appointed Velasco as house speaker. Velasco's camp claimed that 186 lawmakers voted for his appointment as house speaker. Cayetano's camp declared the session a "travesty" and questioned the legality of the session itself. Cayetano maintained that he remains as house speaker. ^[24] On the other hand, Cayetano called the appointment of Velasco as a speaker a "fake session" as he added that there was no prior plenary resolution authorizing the holding of a session outside the Batasang Pambansa and insists that the House of Representative mace used in the meeting is illegal. ^[26]

On October 13, 2020, during the start of the special session of the House, Velasco's election as House Speaker on October 12, 2020 was formally ratified by 186 representatives assembled in the Batasang Pambansa. ^[27] At the same time, Cayetano tendered his "irrevocable" resignation as House Speaker on his Facebook Live paving the way for Velasco to assume his position undisputed. ^[28]

Changes in membership

House of Representatives

District representatives

District	Vacating member					Caretaker	Special election	Successor
	Member	Party		Date	Reason			Member	Party	Date
Benguet	Nestor Fongwan [5]		PDP–Laban	December 18, 2019	Died in office	Eric Yap [29]	Not held
Camarines Sur–1st	Marissa Mercado-Andaya [6]		NPC	July 5, 2020	Died in office	Michael John Duavit [30]
Sorsogon–2nd	Bernardita Ramos [9]		NPC	September 8, 2020	Died in office	Evelina Escudero [30]
Cebu City–1st	Raul del Mar [7]		Liberal	November 16, 2020	Died in office	Lord Allan Velasco [31]
Antipolo–2nd	Resurreccion Acop [4]		NUP	May 28, 2021	Died in office	Lord Allan Velasco [32]
Southern Leyte	Roger Mercado [12]		Lakas	October 13, 2021	Appointed Secretary of Public Works and Highways
Tarlac–1st	Carlos Cojuangco [13]		NPC	February 22, 2022	Died in office
Camarines Norte–2nd	Marisol Panotes [33]		PDP–Laban	April 29, 2022	Died in office

Party-list representatives

Member	Party	Date	Reason	Successor	Took office
Jose Antonio Lopez [17]	MARINO	July 25, 2019	Resigned	Macnell Lusotan [10]	November 4, 2019
Rodolfo Albano Jr. [15]	LPGMA	November 5, 2019	Died in office	Allan Ty [16]	November 20, 2019
Francisco Datol Jr. [19]	SENIOR CITIZENS	August 10, 2020	Died in office	Rodolfo Ordanes [14]	October 13, 2020

Legislation

Republic Acts

The 18th Congress passed a total of 311 bills which were signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte. 119 of these laws were national in scope, while 192 were local: ^[34]

Republic Act	Short title	Sponsor(s)	Third reading votes (Yea–nay–abstention)		Presidential action
			House	Senate
RA 11462	Postponing the May 2020 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections	Sen. Imee Marcos	194–6	21–0	Signed December 3, 2019
RA 11463	Malasakit Centers Act	Sen. Bong Go	186–1–7	18–0	Signed December 3, 2019
RA 11464	Reenacting the General Appropriations Act of 2019	Rep. Isidro Ungab	193–0	19–0	Signed December 20, 2019
RA 11465 Vol I-A Vol I-B Vol I-C Vol II	General Appropriations Act of 2020	Rep. Isidro Ungab, Eileen Ermita-Buhain, Estrellita Suansing	257–6	22–0	Signed January 6, 2020
RA 11466	Salary Standardization Law of 2019	Sen. Bong Revilla	187–5	21–0–1	Signed January 8, 2020
RA 11467	Amendments to the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997	Rep. Joey Salceda, Estrellita Suansing, Sharon Garin	184–2–1	20–0	Signed January 22. 2020, with line vetoes
RA 11468	The National Day of Remembrance For Road Crash Victims, Survivors, and Their Families Act	Sen. Grace Poe	234–0	20–0	Signed January 23, 2020
RA 11469	Bayanihan to Heal as One Act	Sen. Tito Sotto, Pia Cayetano	284–9	20–1	Signed March 24, 2020
RA 11470	The National Academy of Sports	Sen. Win Gatchalian	206–0	21–0	Signed June 9, 2020
RA 11471	Creating Barangay H-2 in Dasmariñas, Cavite	Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.	213–0	20–0	Signed June 19, 2020
RA 11472	Upgrading the Caraga Regional Hospital	Rep. Robert Ace Barbers	170–0	18–0	Signed June 19, 2020
RA 11473	Renaming the Talisay District Hospital into Cebu South Medical Center in Cebu	Rep. Eduardo Gullas	182–0	20–0	Signed June 19, 2020
RA 11474	Upgrading the Maria L. Eleazar District Hospital in Quezon	Rep. Alyssa Sheena Tan	231–0	20–0	Signed June 19, 2020
RA 11475	Transferring of Rizal's capital from Pasig to Antipolo	Rep. Roberto Puno	213–0	19–0	Signed June 19, 2020
RA 11476	GMRC and Values Education Act	Sen. Win Gatchalian	225–0	23–0	Signed June 25, 2020
RA 11477	Granting of franchise to Golden Broadcast Professional, Inc	Rep. Cesar Jimenez Jr.	216–0–1	18–0	Signed June 25, 2020
RA 11478	Increasing the bed capacity of Bicol Medical Center in Naga	Sen. Bong Go	182–0	14–0	Signed July 1, 2020
RA 11479	Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020	Sen. Panfilo Lacson	168–36–29	19–2	Signed July 3, 2020
RA 11480	Changing the opening day of schools	Sen. Win Gatchalian	241–0	23–0	Signed July 17, 2020
RA 11481	Granting of franchise to First United Broadcasting Corporation	Rep. Aurelio Gonzales	222–0	19–0	Signed July 30, 2020
RA 11482	Granting of franchise to Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media	Rep. Xavier Romulado	220–0	19–0	Signed July 30, 2020
RA 11483	Converting several provincial roads in Tarlac into national roads	Rep. Victor Yap	231–0	23–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11484	Converting road connecting Tubao, La Union and Tuba, Benguet into a national roat	Rep. Sandra Eriguel	231–0	23–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11485	Converting the Guimba–Talugtug–Umingan Provincial Road into a national road	Rep. Estrellita Suansing	231–0	23–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11486	Converting the road network connecting San Fernando and Bula, Camarines Sur into a national road	Rep. Luis Raymond Villafuerte	231–0	23–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11487	Converting the Albay Diversion Road in Camarines Sur into a national road	Rep. Luis Raymond Villafuerte	231–0	23–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11488	Transferring the Sorsogon Second District Engineering Office from Bulan to Gubat.	Rep. Bernadita Ramos	222–0	23–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11489	Creating the Cebu Seventh District Engineering Office	Rep. Peter John Calderon	222–0	23–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11490	Creating the Cotabato Third District Engineering Office	Rep. Elandro Madrona	232–0	23–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11491	Granting of franchise to Crusaders Broadcasting System	Rep. Onyx Crisologo	226–0	19–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11492	Granting of franchise to Gold Label Broadcasting System	Rep. Manuel Sagarbarria	233–0–1	18–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11493	Granting of franchise to Bicol Broadcasting System	Rep. Salvio Fortuno	170–0	19–0	Signed August 14, 2020
RA 11494	Bayanihan to Recover as One Act	Sen. Sonny Angara	242–6	22–1	Signed September 11, 2020

Treaties

One treaty has been approved by the Senate:

Resolution number	Title	Foreign party	Vote	Date of approval
Resolution 34	RP-Russian Federation Treaty on Extradition	Russia	19–0	December 18, 2019

Notes

1. Leila de Lima has been detained since February 24, 2017 for charges linked to the New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal.
2. Bong Go was affiliated with Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan in 2021.
3. Panfilo Lacson was affiliated with Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma from 2021 until 2022.
4. Manny Pacquiao became the honorary chairperson of PROMDI in 2021, while keeping his affiliation with PDP–Laban.
5. Elected in 2019 under Asenso Abrenio.
6. Elected in 2019 under PDP–Laban.
7. Resurreccion Acop died on May 28, 2021. ^[4]
8. Elected in 2019 under the Liberal Party.
9. Nestor Fongwan died on December 18, 2019. ^[5]
10. Elected in 2019 under the Nacionalista Party.
11. Elected in 2019 under the National Unity Party.
12. Marisol Panotes died on April 29, 2022.
13. Marissa Mercado-Andaya died on July 5, 2020. ^[6]
14. Elected in 2019 as an independent.
15. Elected in 2019 under Lakas–CMD.
16. Raul del Mar died on November 16, 2020. ^[7]
17. Elected in 2019 under Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod.
18. Elected in 2019 under the Nationalist People's Coalition.
19. Elected in 2019 under the Bileg Party.
20. Elected in 2019 under Partido Federal ng Pilipinas.
21. Elected in 2019 under Asenso Manileño.
22. Elected in 2019 under Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.
23. Elected in 2019 under Kabalikat ng Bayan sa Kaunlaran.
24. Elected in 2019 under Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino.
25. Elected in 2019 under the People's Reform Party.
26. Elected in 2019 under Partido Pagbabago ng Palawan.
27. Elected in 2019 under Aksyon Demokratiko.
28. Bernardita Ramos died on September 8, 2020. ^[9]
29. Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles took office on November 4, 2019. ^[10]
30. Roger Mercado took office on December 16, 2019. ^[11] He resigned on October 13, 2021, upon appointment as acting Secretary of Public Works and Highways. ^[12]
31. Charlie Cojuangco died on February 22, 2022. ^[13]
32. Ducielle Cardema took office on October 13, 2020. ^[14]
33. Rodolfo Albano Jr. died on November 5, 2019. ^[15]
34. Allan Ty took office on November 20, 2019, succeeding Rodolfo Albano Jr.. ^[16]
35. Jose Antonio Lopez resigned on July 25, 2019. ^[17]
36. Macnell Lusotan took office on November 4, 2019, succeeding Jose Antonio Lopez. ^[10]
37. Francisco Datol Jr. took office on December 4, 2019. ^[18] He died on August 10, 2020. ^[19]
38. Rodolfo Ordanes took office on October 13, 2020, succeeding Francisco Datol Jr.

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