House of Representatives of the Philippines

House of Representatives of the Philippines Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas
19th Congress of the Philippines
Seal of the House of Representatives
Flag of the House of Representatives
Type
Type	Lower house of the Congress of the Philippines
Term limits	3 consecutive terms (9 years)
History
Founded	October 1907 (1907-10)
Leadership
Speaker	Martin Romualdez, Lakas since July 25, 2022
Senior Deputy Speaker	Aurelio Gonzales Jr., Lakas since May 17, 2023
Deputy Speakers	See list
Majority Leader	Manuel Jose Dalipe, Lakas since July 25, 2022
Minority Leader	Marcelino Libanan, 4Ps since July 25, 2022
Structure
Seats	316 representatives 253 from congressional districts 63 party-list representatives
Political groups	Majority (283)   Lakas–CMD (92)   Party-list Coalition (42)   NUP (36)   Nacionalista (32)   NPC (33)   PFP (10)   Liberal (8)   PDP (5)   Local parties (7)[a]   PRP (2)   Aksyon (1)   CDP (1)   LDP (1)   UNA (1)   Independent (4) Minority (28)   Party-list Coalition (16)   Makabayan (3)   Liberal (2)   Nacionalista (2)   NUP (2)   Reporma (2)   Local parties (1)[b] Vacant (5)   Vacancies (5)
Committees	63 standing committees and 17 special committees
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Article VI, Constitution of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting (First-past-the-post voting in 80% of seats, and modified party-list proportional representation in 20%)
Last election	May 9, 2022
Next election	May 12, 2025
Redistricting	Districts are redistricted by Congress after each census (has never been done since 1987) By statute (most frequent method)
Meeting place
Batasang Pambansa Complex, Batasan Hills, Quezon City, Philippines
Rules
Rules of the House of Representatives (English)

The House of Representatives of the Philippines (Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas, Kamara or Camara de Representantes from the Spanish word cámara, meaning "chamber") is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is usually called Congress,^[c] although the term collectively refers to both houses.^[1]

Members of the House are officially styled as representative (Filipino: kinatawan) and sometimes informally called congressmen or congresswomen (Filipino: mga kongresista) and are elected to a three-year term. They can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms except with an interruption of one term like the senate. Around eighty percent of congressmen are district representatives, representing a particular geographical area. The 19th Congress has 253^[2] congressional districts. Party-list representatives are elected through the party-list system which constitutes not more than twenty percent of the total number of representatives.

Aside from needing its agreement to every bill in order to be sent for the president's signature to become law, the House of Representatives has power to impeach certain officials and all franchise and money bills must originate from the lower house.

The House of Representatives is headed by the speaker (Filipino: Ispiker). The position is currently held by Rep. Martin Romualdez. The speaker of the House is the third in the presidential line of succession, after the vice and senate presidents. The official headquarters of the House of Representatives is at the Batasang Pambansa (literally "national legislature") located in Batasan Hills, Quezon City. 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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