Congress awards a gold medal to honor labor leader Peter McGuire
H.R. 10301 — Peter McGuire Congressional Gold Medal Act · Filed by Donald Norcross (D-NJ) · Introduced Sep 4, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill lets Congress give a single gold medal to Peter McGuire. He founded the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. He helped start the American Federation of Labor and Labor Day. After the medal is presented, it goes to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The Treasury Department can make and sell bronze copies to pay for the medal.
Who it affects
This honors a labor leader who died long ago. The medal costs come from the U.S. Mint's own money, not from taxes. Labor history sites will display the medal for people to learn from.
One thing to notice
Congress wants the Smithsonian to loan the medal to labor history sites. Bronze copy sales pay for the medal, so taxpayers do not pay extra.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 4, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 4, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on House Administration and House Committee on Financial Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters — A labor union that Peter McGuire founded to help carpenters and workers.
- American Federation of Labor — A group of labor unions that Peter McGuire helped start to protect workers.
- gold medal — A special award Congress gives to honor people who did important things.
- Smithsonian — A group of museums in Washington, D.C., that keeps important things from American history.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,253 characters) on Sep 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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