List of Philippine House of Representatives committees

Last updated September 27, 2024

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 19th Congress. It currently has 65 standing committees as of July 25, 2022.^[1]

No.	Committee	Majority			Minority			Member Count
No.	Committee	Chairman	Party		Minority leader	Party		Maj	Min	Total
1.	Accounts	Yedda Marie Romualdez		Tingog	Wilbert Lee		AGRI Party-list	54	5	59
2.	Agrarian Reform	Solomon R. Chungalao		NPC	TBA		TBA	28	4	32
3.	Agriculture and Food	Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga		NPC	TBA		TBA	78	6	84
4.	Appropriations	Elizaldy Co		Ako Bicol	TBA		TBA	131	9	140
5.	Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources	Alfredo Marañon III		NUP	TBA		TBA	28	7	35
6.	Banks and Financial Intermediaries	Irwin Tieng		Asenso Manileño	TBA		TBA	18	5	23
7.	Basic Education and Culture	Roman Romulo		Independent	Gabriel Bordado		Liberal	54	7	61
8.	Civil Service and Professional Regulation	Kristine Alexie Tutor		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	10	4	14
9.	Climate Change	Edgar Chatto		NUP	TBA		TBA	12	2	14
10.	Constitutional Amendments	Rufus Rodriguez		CDP	TBA		TBA	20	6	26
11.	Cooperatives Development	Nicanor Briones		AGAP Partylist	TBA		TBA	21	2	23
12.	Dangerous Drugs	Robert Ace Barbers		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	19	5	24
13.	Disaster Resilience	Alan 1 Ecleo		Lakas	TBA		TBA	1	0	1
14.	Ecology	Marlyn Alonte		Lakas	TBA		TBA	18	4	22
15.	Economic Affairs	Gerardo Valmayor Jr.		NPC	TBA		TBA	30	4	34
16.	Energy	Lord Allan Jay Velasco		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	62	7	69
17.	Ethics and Privileges	Felimon Espares		Coop-NATCCO	TBA		TBA	4	2	6
18.	Flagship Programs and Projects	Claude Bautista		Lakas	TBA		TBA	11	2	13
19.	Foreign Affairs	Maria Rachel Arenas		Lakas	TBA		TBA	47	6	53
20.	Games and Amusements	Antonio Ferrer		NUP	TBA		TBA	61	7	68
21.	Good Government and Public Accountability	Florida Robes		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	23	5	28
22.	Government Enterprises and Privatization	Edwin Olivarez		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	11	4	15
23.	Government Reorganization	Jonathan Keith Flores		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	11	3	14
24.	Health	Ciriaco Gato Jr.		NPC	TBA		TBA	75	8	83
25.	Higher and Technical Education	Mark Go		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	64	7	71
26.	Housing and Urban Development	Jose Francisco Benitez		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	55	6	61
27.	Human Rights	Bienvenido Abante Jr.		NUP	TBA		TBA	18	4	22
28.	Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples	Allen Jesse Mangaoang		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	1	0	1
29.	Information and Communications Technology	Tobias Tiangco		Navoteño	TBA		TBA	50	6	56
30.	Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Diplomacy	Glona Labadlabad		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	41	5	46
31.	Justice	Juliet Marie Ferrer		NUP	TBA		TBA	31	6	37
32.	Labor and Employment	Juan Fidel Felipe Nograles		Lakas	TBA		TBA	38	4	42
33.	Legislative Franchises	Gus Tambunting		NUP	TBA		TBA	55	5	60
34.	Local Government	Rex Gatchalian		NPC	TBA		TBA	55	6	61
35.	Metro Manila Development	Rolando Valeriano		NUP	TBA		TBA	26	4	30
36.	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development	Christian Unabia		Lakas	TBA		TBA	22	3	25
37.	Mindanao Affairs	Yasser Balindong		Lakas	TBA		TBA	34	1	35
38.	Muslim Affairs	Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	11	1	12
39.	National Defense and Security	Raul Tupas		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	35	7	45
40.	Natural Resources	Elpidio Barzaga Jr.		NUP	TBA		TBA	57	7	64
41.	North Luzon Growth Quadrangle	Eugenio Angelo Barba		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	21	2	23
42.	Overseas Workers Affairs	Ron Salo		KABAYAN	TBA		TBA	21	4	25
43.	People's Participation	Emmarie Ouano-Dizon		Lakas	TBA		TBA	12	3	15
44.	Population and Family Relations	Ian Paul Dy		NPC	TBA		TBA	6	3	9
45.	Poverty Alleviation	Michael Romero		1–PACMAN	TBA		TBA	20	3	23
46.	Public Accounts	Joseph Stephen Paduano		Abang Lingkod	TBA		TBA	18	4	22
47.	Public Information	Jose Aquino Jr.		Lakas	TBA		TBA	4	4	8
48.	Public Order and Safety	Dan Fernandez		NUP	TBA		TBA	36	6	42
49.	Public Works and Highways	Romeo Momo		Independent	TBA		TBA	84	8	92
51.	Revision of Laws	Edward Michael Maceda		NPC	TBA		TBA	9	3	12
51.	Rules	Manuel Jose Dalipe		Lakas	Marcilino Libanan		4Ps Party-list	50	17	67
52.	Rural Development	Wilton Kho		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	26	3	29
53.	Science and Technology	Carlito Marquez		NPC	TBA		TBA	15	4	19
54.	Social Services	Rosanna Vergara		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	35	4	39
55.	Suffrage and Electoral Reforms	Maximo Dalog Jr.		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	29	4	33
56.	Sustainable Development Goals	Eduardo Villanueva		CIBAC	TBA		TBA	1	0	1
57.	Tourism	Eleandro Jesus Madrona		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	67	6	73
58.	Trade and Industry	Mario Vittorio Mariño		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	54	6	60
59.	Transportations	Romeo Acop		NUP	TBA		TBA	51	9	60
60.	Veterans Affairs and Welfare	Jorge Bustos		PATROL	TBA		TBA	4	3	7
61.	Visayas Development	Lolita Javier		Nacionalista	TBA		TBA	1	0	1
62.	Ways and Means	Joey Salceda		Lakas	TBA		TBA	55	8	63
63.	Welfare of Children	Angelica Natasha Co		BHW	TBA		TBA	15	2	17
64.	Women and Gender Equality	Geraldine Roman		Lakas	TBA		TBA	23	3	26
65.	Youth and Sports Development	Faustino Michael Carlos Dy		NPC	TBA		TBA	46	4	50

Special committees

Note: This is the list of special committee chairmanships for the 19th Congress. It currently has 15 special committees as of July 25, 2022.^[2]

No.	Committee	Majority			Minority			Total members
No.	Committee	Chairman	Party		Minority leader	Party		Maj	Min	H.R.
1.	Bases Conversion	Faustino Dy		NUP	TBA		TBA	13	2	15
2.	Bicol Recovery and Economic Development	Josefina Tallado		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	9	2	11
3.	Creative Industry and Performing Arts	Christopher de Venecia		Lakas	TBA		TBA	21	2	23
4.	East Asean Growth Area	Princess Rihan Sakaluran		Lakas	TBA		TBA	11	2	23
5.	Food Security	Luisa Lloren Cuaresma		Lakas	TBA		TBA	12	2	14
6.	Globalization and WTO	Joseph Lara		Lakas	TBA		TBA	4	2	6
7.	Land Use	Francisco Jose Matugas II		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	11	2	13
8.	Nuclear Energy	Mark Cojuangco		NPC	TBA		TBA	64	2	66
9.	Pace, Reconciliation and Unity	Shernee Tan-Tambut		Kusug Tausug	TBA		TBA	8	2	10
10.	Persons with Disabilities	Alfelito Bascug		NUP	TBA		TBA	1	0	1
11.	Reforestation	Eleanor Bulut-Begtang		NPC	TBA		TBA	6	2	8
12.	Senior Citizens	Rodolfo Ordanes		Senior Citizens	TBA		TBA	1	0	1
13.	Southern Tagalog Development	Ruth Mariano-Hernandez		PDP–Laban	TBA		TBA	9	2	11
14.	Strategic Intelligence	Maria Carmen Zamora		HNP	TBA		TBA	1	0	1
15.	West Philippine Sea	Neptali Gonzales II		NUP	TBA		TBA	6	2	8
16.	Whole House	Speaker Martin Romualdez		Lakas	Marcelino Libanan		4Ps Party-list	289	27	316

Changes in chairpersonships

Committee	Vacating member					Successor
Committee	Member	Party		Date	Reason	Member	Party

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References

↑ "STANDING COMMITTEES - 19th Congress". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved November 12, 2022.
↑ "SPECIAL COMMITTEES - 19th Congress". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved November 13, 2022.

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[1] "STANDING COMMITTEES - 19th Congress". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved November 12, 2022.

[2] "SPECIAL COMMITTEES - 19th Congress". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved November 13, 2022.

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