RAMSEYER RULE

Ramseyer rule.A rule of the U.S. House of Representatives requiring any committee

reporting a bill that amends legislation in force to show in its report what wording the bill would

strike from or insert into the current law. • The rule is named for Representative C. William

Ramseyer (1875–1943) of Iowa, who proposed it. The analogous rule in the U.S. Senate is the

Cordon rule. See CORDON RULE. [Blacks Law 8^th]