The Secretary-General of the House of Representatives carries out and enforces orders and decisions of the House; keeps the Journal of each session; and notes all questions of order together with the decisions thereon.
He also completes the printing and distribution of the Records of the House and submits to the Speaker all contracts and agreements approval, and acts as the custodian of the property and records of the House and all other government property in its premises.
Subject to the supervisory control of the Speaker, the Secretary General is the immediate chief of the personnel of the House and is responsible for the faithful and proper performance of their official duties.
Like the Speaker, the Secretary General is elected by a majority vote of all the Members at the commencement of each Congress.
Dante Roberto P. Maling is the Acting Secretary-General of the 17th Congress.
Sergeant-at-Arms
The Sergeant-At-Arms is responsible for the maintenance of order in the House of Representatives Building Complex, enforcement of House Rules, and protection of the lives of the Officers and Members of the House, its personnel and guests as well as its properties.
Like the Secretary General, the Sergeant-at-Arms is elected by a majority vote of all the Members at the commencement of each Congress.
Retired Armed Forces Major General Romeo C. Prestoza is the current Sergeant-at-Arms of the 17th Congress.