Philippine House Special Committee on West Philippine Sea

Special Committee on
West Philippine Sea
Special Committee on; West Philippine Sea
18th Congress
History
New session started	July 22, 2019
Leadership
Chairman	Manuel Sagarbarria(NPC) ; since 2019
Minority Leader	Lawrence Lemuel Fortun (Nacionalista) ; since 2019
Structure
Seats	11 members
Political groups	Majority (9) NPC (2); NUP (2); PPP (1); Liberal (1); Nacionalista (1); PDP–Laban (1); Party-list (1); Minority (2) Nacionalista (1); Party-list (1);
Website
	Special Committee on West Philippine Sea

Last updated September 04, 2022

The Philippine House Special Committee on West Philippine Sea is a special committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the South China Sea issues which includes the following:^[1]

Joint cooperation arrangements
Maritime and environmental concerns
National and regional peace and security issues
Territorial and boundary disputes

The committee is named after "West Philippine Sea", a designation by the Philippine government on portions of the South China Sea.

Members, 18th Congress

Position		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson	Manuel Sagarbarria	NPC	Negros Oriental	2nd
Vice Chairpersons	Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	Liberal	Palawan	2nd
	Gil Acosta	PPP	Palawan	3rd
	Franz Alvarez	NUP	Palawan	1st
Members for the Majority	Vicente Veloso III	NPC	Leyte	3rd
	Jose Ong Jr.	NUP	Northern Samar	2nd
	Dulce Ann Hofer	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga Sibugay	2nd
	Ed Christopher Go	Nacionalista	Isabela	2nd
	Macnell Lusotan	MARINO	Party-list
Members for the Minority	Lawrence Lemuel Fortun	Nacionalista	Agusan del Norte	1st
Members for the Minority	Carlos Isagani Zarate	Bayan Muna	Party-list

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References

↑ "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 39. Retrieved August 2, 2020.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ "HOUSE COMMITTEES - WEST PHILIPPINE SEA". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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[1] "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 39. Retrieved August 2, 2020.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[2] "HOUSE COMMITTEES - WEST PHILIPPINE SEA". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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