This bill authorizes the President, starting at 12:01 p.m. Eastern on January 20, 2025, to seek to enter into negotiations with the Kingdom of Denmark to acquire Greenland. If the President reaches an agreement, the bill requires the President to send that agreement and related materials to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee within 5 calendar days. Congress then has a 60-calendar-day review period. If Congress does not enact a joint resolution of disapproval within those 60 days, the agreement takes effect and becomes law.
The bill only authorizes the President to begin talks with Denmark about acquiring Greenland. It does not itself transfer territory, change laws, or set implementation steps. No publicly available information on immediate changes to services, residency, or legal status for people living in Greenland is included in the bill text.
The bill text does not include any funding amounts, cost estimates, or details on financial arrangements for negotiations or an acquisition. No publicly available information on costs is provided in the bill.
The bill's sponsors introduced the measure to give the President explicit authority to seek negotiations with Denmark to acquire Greenland and to set a congressional review process for any agreement. The bill text does not include additional statements of rationale or supporting arguments.
The bill text does not include statements of opposition or arguments against the measure. No publicly available information on opponents' views is provided in the bill or its basic metadata.