A motion to recommit asks the House to send a bill back to committee. Since January 2021, these motions cannot include instructions to change the bill, so this vote was largely procedural.

The House had passed H.R. 3668, and it was received in the Senate, read twice, and referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

• On Passage
  Dec 12, 2025Passed

This vote determined whether the bill would return to committee, not whether its pipeline-review policies would take effect. The motion failed, and the House-passed bill continued to the Senate.

• Pipeline developers and reviewing agencies
  The bill’s proposed changes could affect pipeline reviews if enacted, but this motion’s failure did not itself change those rules.

The vote followed the parties’ majority positions: Democrats supported the motion, while Republicans opposed it. The one independent who voted opposed it.

• DBrendan BoylePennsylvania-2— One of 34 members not voting; the result was decided by 6 votes.
• DDelia RamirezIllinois-3— One of 34 members not voting; the result was decided by 6 votes.
• DEric SwalwellCalifornia-14— One of 34 members not voting; the result was decided by 6 votes.
• DGreg CasarTexas-35— One of 34 members not voting; the result was decided by 6 votes.

Motion to recommit

House motion that sends a bill back to committee just before final passage — the minority's last shot. Pre-2021 it could carry "instructions" (immediate amendments); post-2021 it cannot, making it largely a procedural shell.