Editing Committee (section)

=== Commit (motion) ===
{{infobox motion
| name = Commit (RONR)
| class = S
| in order = No
| seconded = Yes
| debatable = Yes, although debate on the motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question.
| amendable = Yes
| voterequired = Majority
| reconsidered = Yes, if a committee has not begun consideration of the question. A negative vote on this motion can be reconsidered only until such time as progress in business or debate has made it essentially a new question.
}}
In [[parliamentary procedure]], the motion to '''commit''' (or '''refer''') is used to refer another motion—usually a main motion—to a committee.

A motion to commit should specify to which committee the matter is to be referred, and if the committee is a special committee appointed specifically for purposes of the referred motion, it should also specify the number of committee members and the method of their selection, unless that is specified in the bylaws.<ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Robert|2011|p = 171}}</ref>

Any proposed amendments to the main motion that are pending at the time the motion is referred to a committee go to the committee as well.<ref name=":5" />

Once referred, but before the committee reports its recommendations back to the assembly, the referred motion may be removed from the committee's consideration by the motion to discharge a committee.