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List of Philippine Senate committees

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This is a list of Philippine congressional committees (standing committees and special committees) that are currently operating in the Senate of the Philippines, the upper house of the Philippine Congress.

The composition of Senate committees is outlined in Rule X of the Rules of the Senate.^[1]

Standing committees

There are 41 standing committees in the Philippine Senate for the 19th Congress as of September 28, 2022.^[2]

According to the Rules of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members of all standing committees.

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Committee	Chairperson	Party		Vice Chairpersons	Members by bloc		Total Members
Committee	Chairperson	Party		Vice Chairpersons	Majority	Minority	Total Members
Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations (Blue Ribbon)	Francis Tolentino		PDP–Laban	3	12	1	17
Accounts	Nancy Binay		UNA	2	9	1	13
Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform	Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista	3	12	1	17
Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies	Mark Villar		Nacionalista	2	7	1	11
Basic Education	Win Gatchalian		NPC	1	12	1	15
Civil Service, Government Reorganization and Professional Regulation	Bong Revilla		Lakas	1	6	1	9
Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes	Robinhood Padilla		PDP–Laban	1	10	1	13
Cooperatives	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista	1	8	1	11
Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs	Robinhood Padilla		PDP–Laban	1	6	1	9
Culture and the Arts	Loren Legarda		NPC	1	6	1	9
Economic Affairs	Grace Poe		Independent	2	7	1	11
Electoral Reforms and People's Participation	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista	0	11	1	13
Energy	Raffy Tulfo		Independent	1	12	1	15
Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change	Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista	1	14	1	17
Ethics and Privileges	Nancy Binay		UNA	1	4	1	7
Finance	Sonny Angara		LDP	13^a	7	-^b	20
Foreign Relations	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista	1	14	1	17
Games and Amusement	Lito Lapid		NPC	2	7	1	11
Government Corporations and Public Enterprises	Alan Peter Cayetano		Independent	1	8	1	11
Health and Demography	Bong Go		PDP–Laban	2	9	1	13
Higher, Technical and Vocational Education	Francis Escudero		NPC	2	11	1	15
Justice and Human Rights	Francis Tolentino		PDP–Laban	1	6	1	9
Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development	Jinggoy Estrada		PMP	1	12	1	15
Local Government	JV Ejercito		NPC	1	12	1	15
Migrant Workers	Raffy Tulfo		Independent	2	11	1	15
National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation	Jinggoy Estrada		PMP	6	12	1	20
Public Information and Mass Media	Robinhood Padilla		PDP–Laban	1	10	1	13
Public Order and Dangerous Drugs	Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa		PDP–Laban	3	6	1	11
Public Services	Grace Poe		Independent	4	7	1	13
Public Works	Bong Revilla		Lakas	0	11	1	13
Rules	Joel Villanueva		Independent	2	5	1	9
Science and Technology	Alan Peter Cayetano		Independent	1	4	1	7
Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista	0	7	1	9
Sports	Bong Go		PDP–Laban	1	8	1	11
Sustainable Development Goals, Innovation and Futures Thinking	Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista	0	7	1	9
Tourism	Nancy Binay		UNA	2	11	1	15
Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship	Mark Villar		Nacionalista	2	7	1	11
Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement	JV Ejercito		NPC	2	7	1	11
Ways and Means	Win Gatchalian		NPC	1	12	1	15
Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan	1	9	-^b	11
Youth	Sonny Angara		LDP	1	6	1	9

^a Composed of 3 senior vice chairpersons and 10 vice chairpersons. One ex-officio member (Legarda) is among the senior vice chairpersons; she is not included in the count for total members.
^b The bloc member is either a chairperson or vice chairperson.

Congressional oversight and ad hoc committees

There are 9 congressional oversight, ad hoc, and special committees in the 19th Congress as of November 21, 2022.^[3]

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Committee	Chairperson		Senate panel members	Enabling Law/Issuance
Congressional Customs and Tariff Oversight Committee	Win Gatchalian	NPC	5	Republic Act No. 10863
Congressional Oversight Committee on Tax Reform Act of 1997	Win Gatchalian	NPC	5	Republic Act No. 8424
Congressional Oversight Committee on the Official Development Assistance (ODA) Law	Win Gatchalian	NPC	8	Republic Act No. 8182
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Illicit Trade on Excisable Products	Win Gatchalian	NPC	7	Republic Act No. 11467
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Tax Incentives Management and Transparency Act	Win Gatchalian	NPC	5	Republic Act No. 10708
Joint Oversight Committee on the Enhanced Basic Educational Program (K-12 Program)	Win Gatchalian	NPC	5	Republic Act No. 10533
	Francis Escudero	NPC	5	Republic Act No. 10533
Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II)	Win Gatchalian	NPC	5	Republic Act No. 11899
Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II)	Francis Escudero	NPC	5	Republic Act No. 11899
Select Oversight Committee on Intelligence and Confidential Funds, Programs and Activities^a	Juan Miguel Zubiri	Independent	5	Senate Resolution No. 25 (19th Congress)
Senate Special Committee on Marawi City Rehabilitation^b	Ronald dela Rosa	PDP–Laban	7^c	Senate Resolution No. 9 (19th Congress)

^a First created in the 10th Congress, then reconstituted in subsequent congresses.
^b First created in the 17th Congress, then reconstituted in subsequent congresses.
^c Composed of Senate members only.

References

[1]
"The Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
[2]
"Senate Permanent Committees - 19th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 28, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
[3]
"CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT/AD HOC COMMITTEES" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. November 21, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

External links

Senate of the Philippines website

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