What proposals are there in the US Parliament on Greenland Panama Canal and Gulf of Mexico? Know what will happen if the law is made

There has been a stir all over the world since Donald Trump won the election in America. Not only America’s traditional rivals like China and Russia, but America’s allies are also in a state of confusion due to Trump’s election. The reason is Trump’s attitude towards geopolitical issues. Recently, Trump has created a stir in these allied countries with his statements. Be it the statement related to making Canada the 51st state of America, the comment related to buying Greenland or the talk of bringing the Panama Canal back under American control. Trump has continuously made such statements, which have created concern about America’s upcoming policies at the global level.

Meanwhile, in the lower house of the US Parliament – House of Representatives, Republican MPs have put forward proposals one after the other to introduce bills on all three issues – Greenland, Panama Canal and Gulf of Mexico. Among these, the most discussed bill is about the ‘Make Greenland Great Again Act’ focused on Greenland. It is being told that if this bill gets the approval of the Parliament, then Trump’s dream of buying Greenland can come true.

In such a situation, it is important to know what has been said about Greenland in the bill that has the same vocabulary as Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan? What has happened in the US Parliament regarding the Panama Canal and the Gulf of Mexico? How can Donald Trump’s dream be fulfilled through these? Apart from this, how can domestic politics in America be divided over the bill? Let’s know…

1. First know – what is the Make Greenland Great Again Bill?

Initially, people were linking Donald Trump’s talk of occupying, controlling and renaming Greenland and other countries and regions to his old habit of making controversial statements. However, after his statements about buying Greenland, occupying it and even not denying the use of military force to take over the island country, Trump’s attitude on this issue has started being taken seriously. Now, after the bill related to Greenland has been proposed, people from Europe to Russia are preparing to keep a close eye on the steps of the upcoming Trump administration.

Trump supporters in the Republican Party are trying to fulfill the intention of the next US President to buy Greenland by introducing the Make Greenland Great Again bill in the House of Representatives. This bill has a provision to give Trump the power to start talks with Denmark to acquire Greenland.

• This bill was introduced by Republican Party MP Andy Ogles. Through this two-page bill, Trump has been given the authority to negotiate with Denmark for the purchase of Greenland on behalf of America along with taking oath as President on January 20.
• It says that if any agreement is reached with Denmark for the purchase of Greenland, then the President will have to inform the parliamentary committees about it within 5 days. Along with this, the things and rules related to it will also have to be told to the committees.
• The bill gives the US Parliament the power to block any agreement made by Trump within 60 days. However, to stop any such decision of the President, both the houses of Parliament will have to pass a resolution with a two-thirds majority, so that Trump cannot bypass the decision of the Parliament by using the veto.
• Republican MP Ogles says that he has got the support of 10 Republican MPs to present this bill. These include the names of MP Mike Lawler from New York to MP Mike Rulli from Ohio.

2. What is the proposal in the US Parliament regarding the Panama Canal?

Trump has made statements many times that he is in favor of taking back the control of the Panama Canal from Panama and bringing it to America. Efforts have also started in the US Parliament to fulfill this ambition of his. Actually, a large part of the Panama Canal was constructed by America itself. After the construction started in 1914, America had complete control over it till 1977. Later, US President Jimmy Carter decided to hand over its control to Panama in a phased manner. However, Trump has made many statements about reestablishing American control over this Panama Canal.

• The proposed bill to bring the control of the Panama Canal back to America was introduced in the US House of Representatives on Thursday. Through this, the President and Foreign Minister of America can be given the power to negotiate with Panama’s ‘suitable counterpart’ to buy back the Panama Canal.
• This two-page bill has been introduced by Dusty Johnson, a high-ranking MP in the Republican Party. It has been named Panama Canal Repurchase Act. So far it has the support of 15 MPs including MP Mike Lawler and MP Andrew Clyde. It has been told that some MPs of the Democratic Party can also support it.

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3. What is the proposal in Parliament to change the name of Gulf of Mexico?

Efforts have begun in the US Parliament to legally fulfill Trump’s third intention of changing the name of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’. For this, a bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday itself. It is worth noting that Trump has said that the area of ​​Gulf of Mexico belongs to America and he wants to change the name of the area to Gulf of America.

• To fulfill this dream of Trump, Republican MP from Georgia Marjorie Taylor Green introduced the bill. This two-page bill has been named ‘Gulf of America Act of 2025’.
• According to the provisions of the bill, if it is passed, the name of Gulf of Mexico will be removed from the laws, maps, documents and all other records of America and instead the name of Gulf of America will be used for the entire area.
• The responsibility of implementing this bill will be of the Minister of Home Affairs, who will work as the head of the Board on Geographic Names (Board on Geographic Names) in America and will carry out the process of changing names in the documents and maps related to the federal government.
• The bill states that within 180 days of its passage, the heads of all federal agencies have to include the changed names in the documents and maps of their respective departments.