Philippine House Committee on Appropriations

Committee on Appropriations
Committee on Appropriations
18th Congress
History
New session started	July 22, 2019
Leadership
Chairman	Eric Yap (ACT-CIS) ; since March 2, 2020
Minority Leader	Sergio Dagooc (APEC) ; since 2019
Structure
Seats	128 members
Political groups	Majority (118) PDP–Laban (29); NUP (21); Nacionalista (20); NPC (19); Party-lists (7); PFP (5); Lakas (5); Liberal (3); PPP (2); Bileg Ti Ilokano (1); Bukidnon Paglaum (1); HNP (1); LDP (1); Partido Navoteño (1); PRP (1); PMP (1); Minority (10) Party-lists (5); Liberal (3); NUP (1); PDP–Laban (1);
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	Committee on Appropriations

The Philippine House Committee on Appropriations, or House Appropriations Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction[]

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the expenditures of the national government which includes the following:^[1]

Creation or abolition and classification of positions in government
Determination of salaries, allowances and benefits of government personnel
Payment of public indebtedness

Members, 18th Congress[]

Position	Members^[2]		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Eric Yap	ACT-CIS	Party-list
Vice Chairpersons		Elenita Milagros Ermita-Buhain	Nacionalista	Batangas	1st
		Joey Salceda	PDP–Laban	Albay	2nd
		Junie Cua	PDP–Laban	Quirino	Lone
		Carlos Cojuangco	NPC	Tarlac	1st
		Jose Tejada	Nacionalista	Cotabato	3rd
		Micaela Violago	NUP	Nueva Ecija	2nd
		Alfred Vargas	PDP–Laban	Quezon City	5th
		Greg Gasataya	NPC	Bacolod	Lone
		Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado	NUP	Bulacan	1st
		Romeo Jalosjos Jr.	Nacionalista	Zamboanga del Norte	1st
		Horacio Suansing Jr.	NUP	Sultan Kudarat	2nd
		Francisco Jose Matugas II	PDP–Laban	Surigao del Norte	1st
		Jose Enrique Garcia III	NUP	Bataan	2nd
		Ruwel Peter Gonzaga	PDP–Laban	Davao de Oro	2nd
		Rozzano Rufino Biazon	PDP–Laban	Muntinlupa	Lone
		Corazon Nuñez-Malanyaon	Nacionalista	Davao Oriental	1st
		Teodorico Haresco Jr.	Nacionalista	Aklan	2nd
		Luisa Lloren Cuaresma	NUP	Nueva Vizcaya	Lone
		Juliette Uy	NUP	Misamis Oriental	2nd
		Allan Benedict Reyes	PFP	Quezon City	3rd
		Paul Daza	Liberal	Northern Samar	1st
		Jocelyn Limkaichong	Liberal	Negros Occidental	1st
		Manuel Zubiri	Bukidnon Paglaum	Bukidnon	3rd
		Manuel Sagarbarria	NPC	Negros Oriental	2nd
		Lorna Bautista-Bandigan	NPC	Davao Occidental	Lone
		Peter John Calderon	NPC	Cebu	7th
		Michael John Duavit	NPC	Rizal	1st
		Manuel Jose Dalipe	NPC	Zamboanga City	2nd
		Luis Campos Jr.	NPC	Makati	2nd
		David Suarez	Nacionalista	Quezon	2nd
		Ed Christopher Go	Nacionalista	Isabela	2nd
		Carlo Lisandro Gonzalez	MARINO	Party-list
		Rudys Caesar Fariñas I	Probinsyano Ako	Party-list
		Romeo Momo Sr.	CWS	Party-list
		Vincent Franco Frasco	Lakas	Cebu	5th
		Manuel Zamora	HNP	Davao de Oro	1st
Members for the Majority		Samantha Louise Vargas-Alfonso	NUP	Cagayan	2nd
		Alyssa Sheena Tan	PFP	Isabela	4th
		Diego Ty	NUP	Misamis Occidental	1st
		Strike Revilla	NUP	Cavite	2nd
		Joy Myra Tambunting	NUP	Parañaque	2nd
		Faustino Michael Dy V	NUP	Isabela	6th
		Narciso Bravo Jr.	NUP	Masbate	1st
		Lorna Silverio	NUP	Bulacan	3rd
		Fernando Cabredo	PDP–Laban	Albay	3rd
		Wilfredo Caminero	NUP	Cebu	2nd
		Adolph Edward Plaza	NUP	Agusan del Sur	2nd
		Alfelito Bascug	NUP	Agusan del Sur	1st
		Jose Ong Jr.	NUP	Northern Samar	2nd
		Rolando Uy	NUP	Cagayan de Oro	1st
		Divina Grace Yu	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga del Sur	1st
		Ma. Fe Abunda	PDP–Laban	Eastern Samar	Lone
		Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo	PDP–Laban	Lanao del Norte	1st
		Janice Salimbangon	NUP	Cebu	4th
		Glona Labadlabad	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga del Norte	2nd
		Dulce Ann Hofer	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga Sibugay	2nd
		Rogelio Pacquiao	PDP–Laban	Sarangani	Lone
		Joselito Sacdalan	PDP–Laban	Cotabato	1st
		Henry Villarica	PDP–Laban	Bulacan	4th
		Geraldine Roman	PDP–Laban	Bataan	1st
		Ria Christina Fariñas	PDP–Laban	Ilocos Norte	1st
		Ma. Lucille Nava	PDP–Laban	Guimaras	Lone
		Gerardo Espina Jr.	Lakas	Biliran	Lone
		Dale Malapitan	PDP–Laban	Caloocan	1st
		Rosanna Vergara	PDP–Laban	Nueva Ecija	3rd
		Alan Dujali	PDP–Laban	Davao del Norte	2nd
		Jumel Anthony Espino	PDP–Laban	Pangasinan	2nd
		John Reynald Tiangco	Partido Navoteño	Navotas	Lone
		Lucy Torres Gomez	PDP–Laban	Leyte	4th
		Carl Nicolas Cari	PFP	Leyte	5th
		Gil Acosta	PPP	Palawan	3rd
		Jose Francisco Benitez	PDP–Laban	Negros Occidental	3rd
		Maricel Natividad-Nagaño	PRP	Nueva Ecija	4th
		Emmarie Ouano-Dizon	PDP–Laban	Cebu	6th
		Josefina Tallado	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	1st
		Jocelyn Fortuno	Nacionalista	Camarines Sur	5th
		Maximo Dalog Jr.	Nacionalista	Mountain Province	Lone
		Camille Villar	Nacionalista	Las Piñas	Lone
		Eugenio Angelo Barba	Nacionalista	Ilocos Norte	2nd
		Arnold Celeste	Nacionalista	Pangasinan	1st
		Ramon Guico III	Lakas	Pangasinan	5th
		Joseph Sto. Niño Bernos	Nacionalista	Abra	Lone
		Mario Vittorio Mariño	Nacionalista	Batangas	5th
		Jeffrey Khonghun	Nacionalista	Zambales	1st
		Eduardo Gullas	Nacionalista	Cebu	1st
		Michael Gorriceta	Nacionalista	Iloilo	2nd
		Braeden John Biron	Nacionalista	Iloilo	4th
		Kristine Alexie Besas-Tutor	Nacionalista	Bohol	3rd
		Abdulmunir Arbison	Nacionalista	Sulu	2nd
		Lolita Javier	PFP	Leyte	2nd
		Rudy Caoagdan	PDP–Laban	Cotabato	2nd
		Sonny Lagon	Ako Bisaya	Party-list
		Ronnie Ong	ANG PROBINSYANO	Party-list
		Alfred Delos Santos	ANG PROBINSYANO	Party-list
		Hector Sanchez	Lakas	Catanduanes	Lone
		Rommel Rico Angara	LDP	Aurora	Lone
		Angelina Tan	NPC	Quezon	4th
		Jake Vincent Villa	NPC	Siquijor	Lone
		Noel Villanueva	NPC	Tarlac	3rd
		Tyrone Agabas	NPC	Pangasinan	6th
	Solomon Chungalao	NPC	Ifugao	Lone
	Edward Maceda	PMP	Manila	4th
	Cheryl Deloso-Montalla	Liberal	Zambales	2nd
	Elias Bulut Jr.	NPC	Apayao	Lone
	Ian Paul Dy	NPC	Isabela	3rd
	Manuel Luis Lopez	NPC	Manila	1st
	Arnulf Bryan Fuentebella	NPC	Camarines Sur	4th
	Cesar Jimenez Jr.	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga City	1st
	Kristine Singson-Meehan	Bileg Ti Ilokano	Ilocos Sur	2nd
	Abdullah Dimaporo	NPC	Lanao del Norte	2nd
	Pablo Ortega	NPC	La Union	1st
	Faustino Michael Carlos Dy III	PFP	Isabela	5th
	Antonio Albano	NUP	Isabela	1st
	Yasser Balindong	Lakas	Lanao del Sur	2nd
	Julienne Baronda	NUP	Iloilo City	Lone
	Angelica Amante	PDP–Laban	Agusan del Norte	2nd
	Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	PPP	Palawan	2nd
Members for the Minority		Sergio Dagooc	APEC	Party-list
		Godofredo Guya	RECOBODA	Party-list
		Gabriel Bordado Jr.	Liberal	Camarines Sur	3rd
		Stella Luz Quimbo	Liberal	Marikina	2nd
		Angelica Natasha Co	BHW	Party-list
		Francisca Castro	ACT TEACHERS	Party-list
		Alex Advincula	NUP	Cavite	3rd
		Isagani Amatong	Liberal	Zamboanga del Norte	3rd
		Argel Joseph Cabatbat	MAGSASAKA	Party-list
		Arnolfo Teves Jr.	PDP–Laban	Negros Oriental	3rd

Historical members[]

18th Congress[]

Chairperson[]

Isidro Ungab (Davao City–3rd, HNP) July 24, 2019 – March 2, 2020^[3]

Members for the Majority[]

Marissa Andaya^[a] (Camarines Sur–1st, NPC)
Francisco Datol Jr.^[b] (SENIOR CITIZENS)
Nestor Fongwan^[c] (Benguet–Lone, PDP–Laban)

Notes[]

^ Died on July 5, 2020.
^ Died on August 10, 2020.
^ Died on December 18, 2019.

References[]

^ "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 25. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "HOUSE COMMITTEES - APPROPRIATIONS". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
^ Cepeda, Mara (March 2, 2020). "Ungab, Leachon stripped of key House posts amid coup rumors". Rappler. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

External links[]

House of Representatives of the Philippines

[4] Died on July 5, 2020.

[5] Died on August 10, 2020.

[6] Died on December 18, 2019.

[1] "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 25. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] "HOUSE COMMITTEES - APPROPRIATIONS". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

[3] Cepeda, Mara (March 2, 2020). "Ungab, Leachon stripped of key House posts amid coup rumors". Rappler. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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