The earliest known version of a seal used by the Philippine House of Representatives was in 1950, when the
Office of the President commissioned the Philippines Heraldry Committee to create a seal for the upper chamber of Congress. The seal featured an illustration of the
Old Legislative Building with the words and below, encircled by a dark blue outer ring with 51 stars representing the number of
provinces of the country at the time. From the 1960s until the abolition of the
bicameral Congress in 1972, the House used a seal consisting of the national coat of arms with the motto below the scroll, a
fasces on its left and right sides, and an open book with a gavel on top. The whole is surrounded by the words at the upper portion of the outer ring, and
sampaguita bud garlands at the lower half. The current seal of the Philippine House of Representatives was adopted through House Resolution No. 233 on September 23, 2015. The seal consists of the
coat of arms of the Philippines without the scroll and inscription in the center. A ring of stars encircles the coat of arms representing the number of
provinces comprising the republic. The year "1907" is inscribed at the bottom of the coat of arms, representing the year the first
Philippine Assembly was inaugurated. Before 2015, the year indicated on the seal was "1987", the year that the current form of the House of Representatives was established after the adoption of the 1987 Constitution. The heraldic charges of the
American bald eagle and Spanish lion were also previously present. == Evolution of the House seal ==