January 13, 2025
Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Babin, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Luna, and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
To authorize the President to seek to enter into negotiations with the Kingdom of Denmark to secure the acquisition of Greenland by the United States.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Make Greenland Great Again Act
.
Sec. 2. Authorization to enter into negotiations with the Kingdom of Denmark
(a) In general
Congress hereby authorizes the President, beginning at 12:01 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 20, 2025, to seek to enter into negotiations with the Kingdom of Denmark to secure the acquisition of Greenland by the United States.
(b) Transmission of agreement
Not later than 5 calendar days after reaching an agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark relating to the acquisition of Greenland by the United States, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees the agreement, including all related materials and annexes.
(c) Period of review by Congress of agreement
(1) In general
The period for congressional review for any agreement described in subsection (a) shall be 60 calendar days from the date on which the President transmits to the appropriate Congressional committees the agreement for the acquisition of Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark.
(2) Effective date
If no joint resolution of disapproval is enacted by Congress within the 60-calendar day period, the agreement described in subsection (a) shall be in effect and take the full force of law.
(d) Appropriate congressional committees defined
In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees
means—
(1)
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2)
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.