FIFTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
FIRST REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

3007

House Bill No.,

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section 5 of Article VI of the Constitution states that:

(1) The House of Representatives shall be composed
of not more than two hundred and fifty members, unless
otherwise fixed by law, who shall be elected from legislative
districts apportioned among the provinces, cities, and the
Metropolitan Manila area in accordance with the number of
their respective inhabitants, and on the basis of a uniform
and progressive ratio, and those who, as provided by law,
shall be elected through a party-list system of registered
national, regional, and sectoral parties or organizations.

(3) Each legislative district shall comprise, as far as
practicable, contiguous, compact, and adjacent territory.
Each city with a population of at least two hundred fifty
thousand, or each province, shall have at least one
representative.

(4) Within three years following the return of every
census, the Congress shall make a reapportionment of

legislative districts based on the standards provided in this
section.

However, Congress does not make reapportionment of legislative districts
within three years of the return of every census as mandated by the Constitution.
Instead, new legislative districts are created through laws which are usually
influenced by political motivations.

Based on the result of 2010 Census, there should now be a reapportionment
of the legislative districts of the country.


In the reapportionment of the legislative districts, except for each city with a
population of at 250,000 or each province, new legislative districts shall have a
minimum population of Four Hundred Thousand people. In the House of
Representatives of the United States, there is one congressman for 673,600 people.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought

RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ

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MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ, JR.


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
FIRST REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

3007

House Bill No.,

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A GENERAL REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE
DISTRICTS OF THE PHILIPPINES PURSUANT TO THE 2007 CENSUS

Section 1. Declaration of Policy. — \t is the declared policy of the State that
Congress shall reapportion the legislative districts of the country within three years of
the return of every census.

Section 2. Reapportionment of Legislative Districts. - Legislative districts
are hereby reapportioned with a minimum population of at least four hundred
thousand per district based on the 2010 Census provided that no existing district
shall be deprived of its representation. Each city with a population of at least 250,000
‘or each province shall have at least one representative.

Section 3. Repealing Clause. - All laws, orders, issuances, rules and
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly

Section 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,