A motion to recommit is a procedural tool used in the United States House of Representatives that provides one final opportunity for the House to debate and amend a measure before the Speaker orders a final vote on passage. It is the minority partys last opportunity to amend a bill before final passage. The motion can either be a "straight" motion, which sends the bill back to committee with no requirement for further consideration by the House, or a motion with instructions, which allows any amendatory language included in the motion to be adopted immediately without the measure leaving the House floor. The minority party can use the motion to recommit to either offer amendatory language or to send the bill back to committee. It is worth noting that a motion to recommit need not instruct that an amendment be adopted. The motion may also direct that further hearings be held, or that an investigation be conducted. Historically, the minority could either offer a straight motion to recommit to send the bill back to committee, or a motion to recommit "with instructions," which included a proposed amendment to the bill. However, in the 117th Congress, House Democrats changed a century of institutional precedent by eliminating the minoritys ability to offer a motion to recommit with instructions.