cordon rule
Cordon rule. A rule of the U.S. Senate requiring any committee that is reporting a bill amending current law to show in its report what wording the bill would strike from or insert into the current statute. • The rule is named for Senator Guy Cordon (1890–1969) of Oregon, who proposed it. The analogous rule in the U.S. House of Representatives is the Ramseyer rule. See RAMSEYER RULE.