House rejects a motion to send the PERMIT Act back to committee
On Motion to Recommit
DEC 11, 2025 · 2:49 PM ET
A party-line vote. 4 votes short of the 214 needed.
Since 2021 this motion can't change the bill, so it's mostly symbolic.
MOTION TO RECOMMIT →Since 2021 this motion can't change the bill, so it's mostly symbolic.
MOTION TO RECOMMIT →What the House was voting on
The House voted on whether to send H.R. 3898 back to committee instead of voting on passage; since 2021, a motion to recommit cannot include instructions and is largely procedural. The PERMIT Act would narrow the Clean Water Act's scope by redefining which waters it covers. The motion failed, with 210 yes votes—4 short of the 214 needed.
Send H.R. 3898 back to committee instead of voting on passage now.
Keep H.R. 3898 on the floor for its passage vote.
Narrows Clean Water Act coverage and changes water-quality standards, discharge permits, state permitting, and legal review.
Passed the House 221–205 on Dec. 11, 2025. Now waiting in the Senate, 489 days after it was introduced.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
214 is a majority of the 426 members voting yes or no. Members voting “present” or absent don’t count.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
A straight party-line voteStraight party line.
Every vote on H.R. 3898, in both chambersEvery vote on H.R. 3898
- JUL 2Reported by Transportation and InfrastructureREPORTED34–30
- DEC 10#317Previous question on the rule (H.Res. 936)AGREED TO216–210
- DEC 10#318On the rule (H.Res. 936)AGREED TO215–211
- DEC 11#329THIS VOTEMotion to recommitFAILED210–2164 votes short of the 214 needed.
- DEC 11#330On passagePASSED221–2056 Democrats voted yes
