Philippine House Special Committee on West Philippine Sea

The Philippine House Special Committee on West Philippine Sea is a special committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Special Committee on West Philippine Sea
18th Congress
History
New session started	July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22)
Leadership
Chairman	Manuel Sagarbarria (NPC) since 2019
Minority Leader	Lawrence Lemuel Fortun (Nacionalista) since 2019
Structure
Seats	11 members
Political groups	Majority (9)   NPC (2)   NUP (2)   PPP (1)   Liberal (1)   Nacionalista (1)   PDP–Laban (1)   Party-list (1) Minority (2)   Nacionalista (1)   Party-list (1)
Website
Special Committee on West Philippine Sea

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the South China Sea issues which includes the following:

• Joint cooperation arrangements
• Maritime and environmental concerns
• National and regional peace and security issues
• Territorial and boundary disputes

The committee is named after "West Philippine Sea", a designation by the Philippine government on portions of the South China Sea.

Members, 18th Congress

Position	Members		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Manuel Sagarbarria	NPC	Negros Oriental	2nd
Vice Chairpersons		Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	Liberal	Palawan	2nd
		Gil Acosta	PPP	Palawan	3rd
		Franz Alvarez	NUP	Palawan	1st
Members for the Majority		Vicente Veloso III	NPC	Leyte	3rd
		Jose Ong Jr.	NUP	Northern Samar	2nd
		Dulce Ann Hofer	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga Sibugay	2nd
		Ed Christopher Go	Nacionalista	Isabela	2nd
		Macnell Lusotan	MARINO	Party-list
Members for the Minority		Lawrence Lemuel Fortun	Nacionalista	Agusan del Norte	1st
		Carlos Isagani Zarate	Bayan Muna	Party-list

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees
• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea

External links

• House of Representatives of the Philippines