Philippine House Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples

Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples
20th Congress
History
New session started	To convene on July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chairman	Vacant
Minority Leader	Vacant
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Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples

The Philippine House Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples, or House Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction includes the following: ^[1]

• Indigenous cultural communities and indigenous peoples of the Philippines
• Development of indigenous communities

Members, 20th Congress

As of June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions are vacant until the House convenes for its first regular session on July 28.

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position	Members [2]		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Allen Jesse Mangaoang	Nacionalista	Kalinga	Lone
Vice Chairpersons		Amihilda Sangcopan	Anak Mindanao	Party-list
		Juan Fidel Felipe Nograles	Lakas	Rizal	2nd
		Elias Bulut Jr.	NPC	Apayao	Lone
		Maximo Dalog Jr.	Nacionalista	Mountain Province	Lone
Members for the Majority		Leonardo Babasa Jr.	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga del Sur	2nd
		Junie Cua	PDP–Laban	Quirino	Lone
		Carmelo Lazatin II	PDP–Laban	Pampanga	1st
		Solomon Chungalao	NPC	Ifugao	Lone
		Joseph Sto. Niño Bernos	Nacionalista	Abra	Lone
		Mark Go	Nacionalista	Baguio	Lone
		Luisa Lloren Cuaresma	NUP	Nueva Vizcaya	Lone
		Raul Tupas	Nacionalista	Iloilo	5th
		Noel Villanueva	NPC	Tarlac	3rd
		Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles	PDP–Laban	South Cotabato	1st
		Christian Unabia	Lakas	Misamis Oriental	1st
Members for the Minority		Eufemia Cullamat	Bayan Muna	Party-list
		Arlene Brosas	GABRIELA	Party-list

Vice Chairperson

• Nestor Fongwan ^[a] (Benguet–Lone, PDP–Laban)

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees
• National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
• Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997
• Indigenous peoples of the Philippines

Notes

1. Died on December 18, 2019.

References

1. "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 29. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. "HOUSE COMMITTEES - INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved March 15, 2020.

External links

• House of Representatives of the Philippines