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Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] · D–NJ
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-04 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Peter McGuire Congressional Gold Medal Act would honor McGuire’s contributions to the American labor movement with a single gold medal. The medal would go to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for research and display as appropriate. The Treasury Secretary could also make and sell bronze copies at prices sufficient to cover their production costs.
This Act may be cited as the Peter McGuire Congressional Gold Medal Act.
a single gold medal of appropriate design in honor of Peter McGuire in recognition of his contributions to the American Labor Movement.
the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, where it shall be available for display as appropriate and available for research.
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3, at a price sufficient to cover the costs thereof
The bill’s findings credit McGuire with advancing workers’ ability to organize and bargain collectively, including gains in wages and worker solidarity, and with advancing the eight-hour workday movement. These are the bill’s stated reasons for honoring him.
The Congress finds following: (1) Peter McGuire’s advocacy for the American Labor Movement led to great gains for American workers and their ability to organize and collectively bargain, especially in wages, worker solidarity, and the movement for the 8-hour workday.
The House Speaker and the Senate’s president pro tempore would have to arrange the medal’s presentation on behalf of Congress.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design in honor of Peter McGuire
The Treasury Secretary would have to produce the gold medal and determine its design and inscriptions in consultation with the Labor Secretary.
the Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the Secretary) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor.
After the award, the medal would have to be given to the National Museum of American History and made available for research and display as appropriate. The bill also expresses Congress’s preference, rather than a requirement, that the museum make it available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with the American labor movement or the Gilded Age.
Following the award of the gold medal in honor of Peter McGuire, the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, where it shall be available for display as appropriate and available for research.
It is the sense of Congress that the National Museum of American History should make the gold medal awarded pursuant to this Act available for display elsewhere, particularly at appropriate locations associated with the American Labor Movement or the Gilded Age.
The Treasury Secretary could, but would not have to, produce and sell bronze copies. Their price would have to cover costs including labor, materials, production dies, machinery use, and overhead.
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3, at a price sufficient to cover the costs thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses.
The medals would be classified as national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31 of the United States Code and as numismatic items for purposes of sections 5134 and 5136. The supplied text does not establish the full legal consequences of those classifications because the referenced law is not reproduced.
Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.
The bill would authorize charging the medals’ necessary costs to the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, without specifying a dollar amount. Money received from bronze-copy sales would have to be deposited into that same fund.
There is authorized to be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under this Act.
Amounts received from the sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
The supplied September 16, 2026 source snapshot records introduction in the House on September 4, 2026, and referral that day to the Financial Services and House Administration committees for provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-16T17:20:24Z.
2026-09-04: Introduced in House
2026-09-04: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-04. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy rider was identified after reviewing the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No earmark was identified after reviewing the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials. Formal earmark status cannot be established without the missing disclosures and related materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No qualifying narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential treatment was identified after reviewing the complete supplied introduced text under the definition excluding routine implementation of the bill’s main purpose. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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