House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. NW-201
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7380
Direct: 8931-5345
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 141, 142 AND 143 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: WAYS AND MEANS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-08-14
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-08-20
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01074
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-01-22
Republic Act No.: RA11467
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11467 enacted on 2020-01-22
Date Filed: 2019-07-02
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ARTS PROGRAM IN SAN RAFAEL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BARANGAY SAN RAFAEL, MUNICIPALITY OF TIGAON, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAN RAFAEL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-23
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO ANY OFFICER OR ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) ON ANY CHARGE OR CASE FILED BEFORE THE PROSECUTORꞌS OFFICE, COURT, ADMINISTRATIVE OR ANY COMPETENT BODY ARISING FROM AN INCIDENT OR INCIDENTS RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL DUTY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-30
Primary Referral: NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY since 2019-07-30
Date Filed: 2019-07-23
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE VILLAFUERTE-PEÑA HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY PONGLON, MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOSE, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR INTO A NATIONAL TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE JUAN C. PEÑA NATIONAL TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-30
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2019-07-30
Date Filed: 2019-08-13
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING THE QUINALASAG GROUP OF ISLANDS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GARCHITORENA, AND THE LAMIT GROUP OF ISLANDS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAGONOY, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR AS ECOTOURISM ZONES
Date Read: 2019-08-20
Primary Referral: TOURISM
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TOURISM since 2019-08-20
Date Filed: 2019-08-13
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING THE BUTAWANAN ISLAND AND SIRUMA SOUTH COASTAL AREA IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIRUMA, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR AS ECOTOURISM ZONE
Date Read: 2019-08-20
Primary Referral: TOURISM
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TOURISM since 2019-08-20
Date Filed: 2019-08-14
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE SAN ISIDRO - NATO ROAD IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAGÑAY, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR TO A NATIONAL SECONDARY ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-08-27
Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS since 2019-08-27
Date Filed: 2019-08-14
Full Title: AN ACT EMPOWERING THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TO CHOOSE FROM AMONG THE LIST OF FIVE NOMINEES SUBMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR PROMOTION OR APPOINTMENT TO THE POSITION OF DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS, DISTRICT SUPERVISORS, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, AND OTHER SCHOOL OFFICIALS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 99 (d) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
Date Read: 2019-08-27
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-08-27
Date Filed: 2019-08-22
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 4, 5, 20, 22, 27, 28, 34, 40, 50, 73, 112, 117, 204, 222, 237, 237-A, 255, 256, 257, 258, 261, 263, 264, 266, 275, 290, 291, 292 AND ADDING NEW SECTIONS 6-A, 282-A, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315 AND 316 ALL UNDER THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-08-27
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-09-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-09-13
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01357
Bill Status: House agreed on 2020-12-14 to the request for a conference made by the Senate on 2020-11-26
Date Filed: 2019-08-28
Date Urgent: 2019-09-17
Full Title: AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-08-28
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-09-20
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-09-20
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-01-06
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11465 enacted on 2020-01-06
Date Filed: 2019-09-17
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTING REFORMS IN REAL PROPERTY VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES, REORGANIZING THE BUREAU OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-09-17
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-11-19
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-25
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2019-11-25, transmitted to the Senate on 2019-11-26 and received by the Senate on 2019-11-26
Date Filed: 2019-09-30
Full Title: AN ACT POSTPONING THE MAY 2020 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10632, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10656, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10923 AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10952, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-10-01
Primary Referral: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-10-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-04
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01043
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2019-12-03
Republic Act No.: RA11462
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11462 enacted on 2019-12-03
Date Filed: 2019-10-01
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER 8 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NON-WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE EASTERN VISAYAS REGION TO BE KNOWN AS THE "YOLANDA COMMEMORATION DAY"
Date Read: 2019-10-02
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-10-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-04
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2019-11-04, transmitted to the Senate on 2019-11-05 and received by the Senate on 2019-11-05
Date Filed: 2019-10-02
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING FEBRUARY 24 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NON-WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY TO BE KNOWN AS " ARAW NG SIBUGAY "
Date Read: 2019-10-02
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-11-06
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-12
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2019-11-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2019-11-13 and received by the Senate on 2019-11-13
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-01-22
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-15
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-09-22
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-09-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-24 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-24
Date Filed: 2020-02-06
Full Title: AN ACT REAPPORTIONING THE SECOND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL INTO THREE (3) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
Date Read: 2020-02-10
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-01
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-01, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-03
Date Filed: 2020-03-04
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE DENRICA HIGH SCHOOL, MUNICIPALITY OF GARCHITORENA, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR INTO A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE DENRICA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-03-09
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2020-03-09
Date Filed: 2020-03-04
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE PINAGLABANAN HIGH SCHOOL, MUNICIPALITY OF GOA, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR INTO A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE PINAGLABANAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-03-09
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2020-03-09
Date Filed: 2020-03-10
Full Title: AN ACT RENAMING BARANGAY STA. MARIA IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRESENTACION, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR AS BARANGAY PARUBCAN
Date Read: 2020-03-11
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2020-03-11
Date Filed: 2020-05-26
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS STRATEGY FOR THE COUNTRY'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERMATH OF COVID-19, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-26
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-01
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-04
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-04, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
Date Filed: 2020-05-28
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING POLICIES, REGULATIONS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SAFEGUARDS FOR THE BETTER NORMAL IN THE WORKPLACE, PUBLIC PLACES AND COMMUNITIES TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Date Read: 2020-05-28
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-10
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-10, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-08-11 and received by the Senate on 2020-08-19
Date Filed: 2020-06-02
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COVID-19 UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION ECONOMIC STIMULUS (CURES) FUND AND INSTITUTING MECHANISMS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-06-02
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-05
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-05, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
Date Filed: 2020-07-07
Full Title: AN ACT EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF AVAILMENT OF THE ESTATE TAX AMNESTY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11213, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “TAX AMNESTY ACT”
Date Read: 2020-07-28
Primary Referral: WAYS AND MEANS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-09-15
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-09-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-17 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-17
Date Filed: 2020-08-18
Full Title: AN ACT IMPOSING VALUE-ADDED TAX ON DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 105, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, AND 236 AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 105-A OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Unfinished Business (Period of Interpellation)
Date Filed: 2020-08-26
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING SAN MIGUEL AEROCITY INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, DEVELOP, ESTABLISH, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BULAKAN, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, AND TO CONSTRUCT, DEVELOP, ESTABLISH, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ADJACENT AIRPORT CITY
Date Read: 2020-08-26
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-01
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-09-07
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01823
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-20
Republic Act No.: RA11506
Bill Status: REPUBLIC ACT RA11506 (Lapsed into law on 2020-12-20)
Date Filed: 2020-09-22
Date Urgent: 2020-10-09
Full Title: AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-ONE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-09-22
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-10-06
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-10-16
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-28
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11518 enacted on 2020-12-28
Date Filed: 2020-09-30
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW) SOVEREIGN FUND
Date Read: 2020-10-02
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Business for the day on 2020-10-14
Date Filed: 2020-10-05
Full Title: AN ACT REGULATING THE USE OF TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR MUNICIPAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 20 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749, ENTITLED “THE PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999”
Date Read: 2020-10-05
Primary Referral: ENERGY
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-11-24
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-11-24, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-11-25 and received by the Senate on 2020-11-25
Date Filed: 2020-10-14
Date Urgent: 2020-10-16
Full Title: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL PERMITS, LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS IN TIMES OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY
Date Read: 2020-10-15
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-10-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-10-16
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01844
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-23
Republic Act No.: RA11517
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11517 enacted on 2020-12-23
Date Filed: 2020-11-03
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR PROTECTION OF THE REMITTANCES OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-07
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-15
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-16
Date Filed: 2020-11-24
Full Title: AN ACT IMPOSING TAXES ON OFFSITE BETTING ACTIVITIES ON LOCALLY LICENSED COCKFIGHTS AND DERBIES, AMENDING SECTION 125 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2020-11-25
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-15
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-16
Date Filed: 2020-12-04
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING THE COCONUT LEVY ASSETS AS A TRUST FUND, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION, AUTHORIZING THE PRIVATIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO DISPOSE THE COCONUT LEVY ASSETS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COCONUT FARMERS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COCONUT INDUSTRY
Date Read: 2020-12-07
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-14
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01396
Bill Status: House adopted Senate Bill as amendment to House Bill on 2020-12-16
Date Filed: 2020-12-04
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING ENHANCED PROTECTION, SECURITY, AND BENEFITS FOR MEDIA WORKERS
Date Read: 2020-12-07
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-14
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-18
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2021-01-18, transmitted to the Senate on 2021-01-19 and received by the Senate on 2021-01-19
Date Filed: 2020-12-10
Full Title: AN ACT PROMOTING THE USE OF MICROGRID SYSTEMS TO ACCELERATE THE TOTAL ELECTRIFICATION OF UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED AREAS NATIONWIDE
Date Read: 2020-12-14
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-15
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-19
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2021-01-19, transmitted to the Senate on 2021-01-20 and received by the Senate on 2021-01-20
Date Filed: 2020-12-15
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING INCOME TAX RELIEF TO MEDICAL FRONTLINERS FOR TAXABLE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
Date Read: 2020-12-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Unfinished Business (Period of Sponsorship)
Date Filed: 2021-01-18
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY TURAGUE, MUNICIPALITY OF SAGÑAY, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR TO BE KNOWN AS BARANGAY TURAGUE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Date Read: 2021-01-20
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2021-01-20
Date Filed: 2019-12-19
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT THE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDFP) BASED ON PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES INCLUDING THE HAGUE JOINT DECLARATION OF 1992 AND THE STAND-DOWN AGREEMENT ON JUNE 2018
Date Read: 2020-01-20
Primary Referral: PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY since 2020-01-20
Date Filed: 2020-12-15
Full Title: MOTU PROPRIO INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ISSUES AFFECTING SEVERAL BARANGAYS IN QUEZON CITY ALONG THE ALIGNMENTS OF SEGMENT 8.2 OF THE NORTH LUZON EXPRESSWAY CIRCUMFERENTIAL ROAD 5 (NLEX-C5) LINK PROJECT
Date Read: 2020-12-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2021-01-20
Bill Status: Adopted on 2021-01-20
Date Filed: 2020-12-15
Full Title: MOTU PROPRIO INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NORTH LUZON EXPRESSWAY-SOUTH LUZON EXPRESSWAY (NLEX-SLEX) CONNECTOR ROAD AND NORTH-SOUTH COMMUTER RAILWAY PROJECTS AS THESE AFFECT SEVERAL BARANGAYS IN THE CITY OF MANILA
Date Read: 2020-12-16
Primary Referral: METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2021-01-20
Bill Status: Adopted on 2021-01-20
Committee | Position |
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1. Dangerous Drugs | Vice Chairperson |
2. Public Accounts | Vice Chairperson |
3. Agriculture And Food | Journal #18Member for the Majority |
4. Appropriations | Journal #10Member for the Majority |
5. Energy | Journal #10Member for the Majority |
6. Games And Amusements | Member for the Majority |
7. Local Government | Journal #18Member for the Majority |
8. Metro Manila Development | Journal #9Member for the Majority |
9. National Defense And Security | Journal #8Member for the Majority |
10. Public Order And Safety | Journal #18Member for the Majority |
11. Transportation | Journal #7Member for the Majority |
12. Ways And Means | Journal #7Member for the Majority |
Born Ace S. Barbers on May 31, 1969 in Manila, Philippines. He is the second of the four siblings by ROBERT ZABALA BARBERS and VIRGINIA FLORES SMITH.
Ace as he is fondly called, successfully ventured into several business endeavors with his friends after college. He was engaged in importation business, cargo movement/logistics, and in agri/aquaculture in the countryside. After years of gaining experience in the private sector, He decided to enter politics to follow the footsteps of his father. He ran as congressman and won in the district his father once served in the province of Surigao del Norte in the north eastern part of the island of Mindanao. He served as member for three (3) consecutive terms of the Philippine House of Representatives during the 11th, 12th and 13th congresses. As member of the Philippine congress, he was elected as chairman of several committees’, such as committee on economic affairs, committee on accounts and committee on dangerous drugs. He was one of the young elected representatives of the 11th congress who played a crucial role in the ESTRADA impeachment for alleged corruption and violation of the constitution. His advocacies and principled stand on several national issues together with his equally young colleagues did not go unnoticed, the media coined a name for their group and called them THE SPICE BOYS’.
He is currently a member the 17th and 18th congresses of the House of Representatives and chairs the COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS DRUGS.