Philippine House Committee on Natural Resources

Committee on Natural Resources
20th Congress
History
New session started	To convene on July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chairman	Vacant
Minority Leader	Vacant
Website
Committee on Natural Resources

The Philippine House Committee on Natural Resources, or House Natural Resources Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on natural resources, except energy and fisheries resources, which includes the following: ^[1]

• Exploration, conservation, management and utilization
• Forests, parks and wildlife
• Lands of the public domain
• Marine resources
• Mines and minerals

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		Elpidio Barzaga Jr.	NUP	Cavite	4th
Vice Chairpersons		Junie Cua	PDP–Laban	Quirino	Lone
		Allen Jesse Mangaoang	Nacionalista	Kalinga	Lone
		Franz Alvarez	NUP	Palawan	1st
		Alan 1 Ecleo	PDP–Laban	Dinagat Islands	Lone
		Ma. Lourdes Acosta-Alba	Bukidnon Paglaum	Bukidnon	1st
Members for the Majority		Luisa Lloren Cuaresma	NUP	Nueva Vizcaya	Lone
		Wilfredo Caminero	NUP	Cebu	2nd
		Adolph Edward Plaza	NUP	Agusan del Sur	2nd
		Julienne Baronda	NUP	Iloilo City	Lone
		Alfelito Bascug	NUP	Agusan del Sur	1st
		Diego Ty	NUP	Misamis Occidental	1st
		Vicente Veloso III	NUP	Leyte	3rd
		Elias Bulut Jr.	NPC	Apayao	Lone
		Solomon Chungalao	NPC	Ifugao	Lone
		Cheryl Deloso-Montalla	Liberal	Zambales	2nd
		Abdullah Dimaporo	NPC	Lanao del Norte	2nd
		Ciriaco Gato Jr.	NPC	Batanes	Lone
		Gerardo Valmayor Jr.	NPC	Negros Occidental	1st
		Noel Villanueva	NPC	Tarlac	3rd
		Sandra Eriguel	NUP	La Union	2nd
		Elizalde Co	AKO BICOL	Party-list
		Macnell Lusotan	MARINO	Party-list
		Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles	PDP–Laban	South Cotabato	1st
		Josephine Ramirez-Sato	Liberal	Occidental Mindoro	Lone
		Adriano Ebcas	AKO PADAYON	Party-list
		Amihilda Sangcopan	AMIN	Party-list
		Presley De Jesus	PHILRECA	Party-list
		Alfredo Garbin Jr.	AKO BICOL	Party-list
		Princess Rihan Sakaluran	NUP	Sultan Kudarat	1st
		Christian Unabia	Lakas	Misamis Oriental	1st
		Roger Mercado	Lakas	Southern Leyte	Lone
Members for the Minority		Irene Gay Saulog	KALINGA	Party-list
		Eufemia Cullamat	Bayan Muna	Party-list
		Arlene Brosas	GABRIELA	Party-list
		Argel Joseph Cabatbat	MAGSASAKA	Party-list
		Alex Advincula	NUP	Cavite	3rd

Vice Chairpersons

• Marissa Andaya ^[a] (Camarines Sur–1st, NPC)
• Nestor Fongwan ^[b] (Benguet–Lone, PDP–Laban)

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees
• Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Notes

1. Died on July 5, 2020.
2. Died on December 18, 2019.

References

1. "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 31. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. "HOUSE COMMITTEES - NATURAL RESOURCES". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved July 22, 2020.

External links

• House of Representatives of the Philippines