Philippine House Committee on National Defense and Security

The Philippine House Committee on National Defense and Security, or House National Defense and Security Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Committee on National Defense and Security
18th Congress
History
New session started	July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22)
Leadership
Chairman	Raul Tupas (Nacionalista) since 2019
Minority Leader	Argel Joseph Cabatbat (MAGSASAKA) since 2019
Structure
Seats	43 members
Political groups	Majority (38)   PDP–Laban (8)   Nacionalista (7)   NPC (7)   Party-lists (6)   NUP (5)   Lakas (2)   PPP (2)   Partido Navoteño (1) Minority (5)   Party-lists (3)   Nacionalista (1)   NUP (1)
Website
Committee on National Defense and Security

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction includes the following:^[1]

• Armed Forces of the Philippines
• Citizens army
• Coast
• Forts and arsenals
• Geodetic surveys
• Military bases
• National defense and national security
• Reservations and yards
• Selective services

Members, 18th Congress

Position	Members[2]		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Raul Tupas	Nacionalista	Iloilo	5th
Vice Chairpersons		Rozzano Rufino Biazon	PDP–Laban	Muntinlupa	Lone
		Antonino Calixto	PDP–Laban	Pasay	Lone
		Jorge Antonio Bustos	PATROL	Party-list
		Esmael Mangudadatu	PDP–Laban	Maguindanao	2nd
		Adolph Edward Plaza	NUP	Agusan del Sur	2nd
		Rogelio Neil Roque	Nacionalista	Bukidnon	4th
		Joseph Sto. Niño Bernos	Nacionalista	Abra	Lone
Members for the Majority		Rudy Caoagdan	PDP–Laban	Cotabato	2nd
		Jonathan Keith Flores	PDP–Laban	Bukidnon	2nd
		Rolando Uy	NUP	Cagayan de Oro	1st
		Samier Tan	PDP–Laban	Sulu	1st
		Arnulf Bryan Fuentebella	NPC	Camarines Sur	4th
		Erico Aristotle Aumentado	NPC	Bohol	2nd
		Ciriaco Gato Jr.	NPC	Batanes	Lone
		Michael John Duavit	NPC	Rizal	1st
		John Reynald Tiangco	Partido Navoteño	Navotas	Lone
		Manuel Jose Dalipe	NPC	Zamboanga City	2nd
		Genaro Alvarez Jr.	NPC	Negros Occidental	6th
		Dahlia Loyola	NPC	Cavite	5th
		Gil Acosta	PPP	Palawan	3rd
		Vicente Veloso III	NUP	Leyte	3rd
		Narciso Bravo Jr.	NUP	Masbate	1st
		Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	PPP	Palawan	2nd
		Michael Gorriceta	Nacionalista	Iloilo	2nd
		Jose Tejada	Nacionalista	Cotabato	3rd
		Frederick Siao	Nacionalista	Iligan	Lone
		Gerardo Espina Jr.	Lakas	Biliran	Lone
		Henry Villarica	PDP–Laban	Bulacan	4th
		Horacio Suansing Jr.	NUP	Sultan Kudarat	2nd
		Hector Sanchez	Lakas	Catanduanes	Lone
		Manuel Cabochan	MAGDALO	Party-list
		Presley De Jesus	PHILRECA	Party-list
		Adriano Ebcas	AKO PADAYON	Party-list
		Alberto Pacquiao	OFWFC	Party-list
		Arnold Celeste	Nacionalista	Pangasinan	1st
		Aloysia Lim	RAM	Party-list
		Cesar Jimenez Jr.	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga City	1st
Members for the Minority		Argel Joseph Cabatbat	MAGSASAKA	Party-list
		Alex Advincula	NUP	Cavite	3rd
		Janette Garin	Nacionalista	Iloilo	1st
		Irene Gay Saulog	KALINGA	Party-list
		Angelica Natasha Co	BHW	Party-list

Historical members

18th Congress

Vice Chairperson

• Francisco Datol Jr.^[a] (SENIOR CITIZENS)

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees
• Department of National Defense
• Armed Forces of the Philippines

Notes

1. Died on August 10, 2020.