House of Representatives of the Philippines

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legislative body lower house of a bicameral legislature

The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the country’s bicameral Congress, composed of elected district and party-list representatives responsible for initiating legislation, particularly budget and revenue measures.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
House of Representatives of the Philippines canonical 63
Philippine House of Representatives 4
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of a bicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kamara ⓘ
budgetRole originates the General Appropriations Bill ⓘ
building Batasang Pambansa Complex ⓘ
compositionType district representatives ⓘ
party-list representatives ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
surface form: 1987 Constitution of the Philippines

Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post for district representatives ⓘ
party-list proportional representation for party-list representatives ⓘ
hasChamber Senate of the Philippines ⓘ
hasCommitteeType special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
historicalPrecursor House of Representatives of the Philippines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

House of Representatives of the Philippines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Philippine Assembly
impeachmentRole exclusive power to initiate impeachment cases ⓘ
jurisdiction Philippine government ⓘ
surface form: national government of the Philippines
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
leadershipPosition Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Majority Leader ⓘ
surface form: Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
legislativeAuthorityOver Philippines ⓘ
legislativeSystem bicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Quezon City ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Metro Manila ⓘ
meetsIn Batasang Pambansa Complex ⓘ
surface form: Batasang Pambansa Complex Session Hall
nativeName Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas ⓘ
partOf Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
power impeachment of certain public officials ⓘ
precededBy Batasang Pambansa ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
representation of legislative districts ⓘ
representation of party-list groups ⓘ
revenueRole originates tax bills ⓘ
role lower chamber of Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
seat Batasang Pambansa Complex ⓘ
shortName House of Representatives ⓘ
specialPower initiation of appropriation bills ⓘ
initiation of bills of local application ⓘ
initiation of private bills ⓘ
initiation of revenue bills ⓘ
initiation of tariff bills ⓘ
termLength 3 years ⓘ
termLimit 3 consecutive terms ⓘ
votingSystem party-list system for sectoral representation ⓘ
plurality voting for district seats ⓘ

Referenced by (69)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippines → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Quezon City → hostsNationalGovernmentInstitution → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Congress of the Philippines → hasComponent → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Congress of the Philippines → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Senate of the Philippines → hasLowerHouse → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
House of Representatives of the Philippines → historicalPrecursor → House of Representatives of the Philippines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine Assembly
House of Representatives of the Philippines → historicalPrecursor → House of Representatives of the Philippines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
Philippine government → hasChamber → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Philippine government → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasang Pambansa Complex → occupant → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasang Pambansa Complex → governingBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasang Pambansa Complex → operator → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Republic Act No. 8491 → chamberInvolved → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Carlos P. Garcia → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Diosdado Macapagal → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Benigno S. Aquino III → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. → servedIn → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Jones Act (Philippines) → establishedBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine House of Representatives
Batasang Pambansa → precededBy → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasang Pambansa → followedBy → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Old Legislative Building, Manila → associatedWith → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas → officialName → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines → partOf → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines → partOf → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Republic Acts of the Philippines → enactedBy → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Fifth Republic of the Philippines → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasan Hills → contains → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
National Legislature Complex → occupant → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
National Legislature Complex → operator → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Main Building → houses → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
subject surface form: Main Building (Batasang Pambansa Complex)
this entity surface form: Philippine House of Representatives
North Wing → usedBy → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
North Wing → governingBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasan Hall → occupant → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasan Hall → governingBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasan Hall → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
South Wing → associatedWith → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Republic Act No. 8249 → legislativeChamber → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Cuartero → nationalRepresentation → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Second District of Capiz → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Second District of Capiz → electoralUnitOf → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine House of Representatives
Makilala → hasNationalRepresentation → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Philippines → lowerHouseImpeachmentBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Republic Act No. 4221 → chamber → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
First Congressional District of Northern Samar → isPartOf → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
First Congressional District of Northern Samar → chamber → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
First Congressional District of Northern Samar → isRepresentedIn → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
First Congressional District of Northern Samar → hasLegislativeBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
1st congressional district of Bataan → electsToBody → House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ