Standing Committees of the House of Representatives

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COMMITTEE	SCOPE
Accounts	All matters directly or principally relating to the internal budget of the House including budget preparation, submission and approval; disbursements; accounting; and financial operations.
Agrarian Reform	All matters directly and principally relating to agrarian reform, the resettlement of and other support services for agrarian reform beneficiaries, and the implementation and/or amendment of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law.
Agriculture, Food and Fisheries	All matters directly and principally relating to food and agricultural production; agribusiness; agri-economics; agricultural research and technology; agricultural education including extension services; soil conservation, survey and research; irrigation; farm credit and security; animal industry and quarantine; crop and livestock production, insurance and guarantee programs; and fisheries and aquatic resources.
Appropriations	All matters directly and principally relating to the expenditures of the national government including the payment of public indebtedness, creation and classification of positions in government, and the determination of salaries, allowances and benefits of government personnel.
Banks and Financial Intermediaries	All matters directly and principally relating to banking and currency, government-owned or controlled banks and financial institutions, non-government banks and financial institutions, insurance, securities and securities exchange.
Basic Education and Culture	All matters directly and principally relating to pre-school, elementary and secondary education, science high schools except the Philippine Science High School System, special education, teachers' and students' welfare, non-formal and community adult education, the national language, libraries and museums, and the preservation and enrichment of Filipino culture.
Civil Service and Professional Regulation	All matters directly and principally relating to the organization, operation, management, rules and regulations of the civil service; the status, welfare and benefits of government officers and employees; and the regulation of admission to and the practice of professions.
Civil, Political and Human Rights	All matters directly and principally relating to the protection and enhancement of human rights, assistance to victims of human rights violations and their families, the prevention of violations of human rights and the punishment of perpetrators of such violations.
Constitutional Amendments	All matters directly and principally relating to amendments of the Constitution.
Cooperatives Development	All matters directly and principally relating to cooperatives inclusive of cooperative movements and organizations; urban and rural-based credit, consumer, producers, marketing, service and multi-purpose cooperatives; electric cooperatives registered with the Cooperative Development Authority; and the implementation or amendment of the Cooperative Code of the Philippines.

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