[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1161 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1161
To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire
Greenland and to rename Greenland as ``Red, White, and Blueland''.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 10, 2025
Mr. Carter of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee
on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire
Greenland and to rename Greenland as ``Red, White, and Blueland''.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Red, White, and Blueland Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. PURCHASE OR OTHER ACQUISITION OF GREENLAND.
The President is authorized to enter into negotiations with the
Government of Denmark to purchase or otherwise acquire Greenland.
SEC. 3. RENAMING OF GREENLAND AS ``RED, WHITE, AND BLUELAND''.
(a) Renaming.--Greenland shall be known as ``Red, White, and
Blueland''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to Greenland shall be
deemed to be a reference to ``Red, White, and Blueland''.
(c) Implementation.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Chairman of the Board on Geographic Names, shall
oversee the implementation of the renaming described in
subsection (a) with respect to each Federal document and map.
(2) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the head of each Federal agency
shall update each document and map of the Federal agency in
accordance with the renaming described in subsection (a).
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