Philippine House of Representatives
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House of Representatives of the Philippines Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas |
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| 17th Congress of the Philippines | |
Seal of the House
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Flag of the Philippine House of Representatives
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Term limits
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3 continuous terms |
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Since July 25, 2016
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297 representatives 238 from geographical districts 59 party-list representatives |
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Political groups
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| Committees | 58 standing committees and 14 special committees |
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Length of term
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3 years |
| Authority | Article VI, Constitution of the Philippines |
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| Parallel voting | |
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Last election
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May 9, 2016 |
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Next election
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May 13, 2019 |
| Redistricting | Districts are redistricted by Congress after each census (has never been done since 1987) By statute (most frequent method). |
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Batasang Pambansa Complex Batasan Hills, Quezon City, Philippines |
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| House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
Since July 25, 2016
The House of Representatives of the Philippines (Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas), is the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines. (The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house). It is often informally called Congress. Members of the House are officially styled as Representative (Kinatawan) and sometimes informally called Congressmen/Congresswomen (mga kongresista) and are elected to a three-year term. They can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms. Around eighty percent of congressmen are district representatives, representing a particular geographical area. There are 234 legislative districts in the country, each composed of about 250,000 people. There are also party-list representatives elected through the party-list system who constitute not more than twenty percent of the total number of representatives.
Aside from having its concurrence on every bill in order to be passed for the President's signature to become a law, the House of Representatives has the power to impeach certain officials, and all money bills must originate from the lower house.
The House of Representatives is headed by the Speaker, currently Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte. The official headquarters of the House of Representatives is at the Batasang Pambansa (literally, national legislature) located in the Batasan Hills in Quezon City in Metro Manila. The building is often simply called Batasan and the word has also become a metonym to refer to the House of Representatives.
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