Philippine House Committee on Disaster Resilience

The Philippine House Committee on Disaster Resilience is a standing committee of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It is the congressional body assigned to examine legislative and policy matters involving disasters and calamities, whether natural or caused by human activity. The committee was previously known as the House Committee on Disaster Management, which remains an important historical name and explains the alternate subject name supplied for this record. Its jurisdiction covers the broad disaster-management cycle rather than only emergency response. Under the House Rules, the committee considers policies, plans, programs, and projects connected with disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management. This includes disaster preparedness and resilience, relief and rescue operations, recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. Its work therefore intersects with national planning, public safety, infrastructure, local government coordination, humanitarian response, and the government’s wider disaster-risk-reduction framework. As a legislative committee, it does not operate as a commercial brand or service provider. Its functions are carried out through hearings, deliberations, oversight, consideration of proposed legislation, and coordination with relevant public institutions. The committee’s subject area is closely related to the work of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, although the two bodies are distinct: the House committee is a congressional organ, while the council is part of the executive branch’s disaster-risk-management system. The committee is part of the institutional structure of the Philippine House of Representatives and serves the national Philippine jurisdiction. The available reference material identifies the committee’s jurisdiction and historical name but does not provide a founding year, permanent headquarters, website, leadership roster, or detailed record of individual legislative initiatives. For the 20th Congress, all committee membership positions were reported as vacant as of June 30, 2025. Accordingly, no current chairperson, vice-chairpersons, or ordinary members are listed here without authoritative supporting information.

The Philippine House Committee on Disaster Resilience belongs to the committee system of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. Its institutional role is to provide a legislative forum for matters concerning disasters, calamities, and the reduction of risks and vulnerabilities associated with them. The committee’s remit reflects the expansion of disaster policy beyond immediate emergency relief: modern disaster governance also involves preparedness, resilience-building, recovery planning, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. The committee was previously designated the Committee on Disaster Management. The change to the Disaster Resilience name places greater emphasis on reducing exposure and vulnerability before disasters occur, while retaining responsibility for response and post-disaster measures. The historical name remains relevant because earlier House documents and references may identify the same legislative jurisdiction under the former designation. Under the House Rules, the committee considers disasters and calamities of both natural and human origin. It also handles policies, plans, programs, and projects related to disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management. The listed areas include preparedness and resiliency; relief and rescue; recovery; rehabilitation; and reconstruction. This gives the committee a cross-cutting remit that can involve public institutions, local government, emergency services, infrastructure agencies, and other bodies responsible for national disaster-risk governance. The committee should be distinguished from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The council is an executive-government mechanism for coordinating disaster-risk-reduction and disaster-management activities, whereas the House committee is a legislative organ. The House committee can consider proposals, conduct oversight, and scrutinize government policies and programs within its jurisdiction, while the council performs operational and coordinating functions assigned under the executive disaster-management framework. The available reference material does not establish the committee’s original creation date, identify a founder, or provide a continuous roster of chairs and members. It does, however, identify historical membership rosters for earlier Congresses and report that, as of June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions in the 20th Congress were vacant. Because the source does not name a current leadership team or explain the administrative reason for the vacancies, no executive or membership claims are added to this dossier.

• 2025

  20th Congress membership positions reported vacant

  [1]Philippine House Committee on Disaster Resilienceen.wikipedia.org

  The reference material states that, as of June 30, 2025, all membership positions on the committee in the 20th Congress were vacant.

• Committee previously known as the Committee on Disaster Management

  [1]Philippine House Committee on Disaster Resilienceen.wikipedia.org

  The House committee was formerly designated the Committee on Disaster Management before being known as the Committee on Disaster Resilience.

A legislative oversight and policy-making committee focused on disaster risk reduction, preparedness, response, recovery, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and resilience in the Philippines.

1. 1Philippine House Committee on Disaster Resilienceen.wikipedia.org