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Philippine House of Representatives

House of Representatives of the Philippines
Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas
17th Congress of the Philippines
Seal of the Philippine House of Representatives
Seal of the House
Flag of the Philippine House of Representatives
Flag of the Philippine House of Representatives
Type
Type
Term limits
3 continuous terms
Leadership
Pantaleon Alvarez (PDP-Laban)
Since July 25, 2016
Rodolfo Fariñas (Nacionalista)
Since July 25, 2016
Danilo E. Suarez (Lakas)
Since July 27, 2016
Structure
Seats 297 representatives
238 from geographical districts
59 party-list representatives
Philippine House of Representatives composition.svg
Political groups
Committees 58 standing committees and 14 special committees
Length of term
3 years
Authority Article VI, Constitution of the Philippines
Elections
Parallel voting
Last election
May 9, 2016
Next election
May 13, 2019
Redistricting Districts are redistricted by Congress after each census (has never been done since 1987)
By statute (most frequent method).
Meeting place
2011 Philippine State of the Nation Address.jpg
Batasang Pambansa Complex
Batasan Hills, Quezon City,
Philippines
Website
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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