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US HB5069

Bill

Status

Introduced

8/29/2025

Primary Sponsor

Donald Norcross

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Designates the Peter J. McGuire Memorial and Gravesite in Pennsauken, New Jersey as the "Peter J. McGuire Memorial National Commemorative Site"

  • Honors Peter J. McGuire (1852-1906), who founded the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners in 1881, co-founded the American Federation of Labor with Samuel Gompers in 1886, led the fight for the 8-hour workday in 1890, and proposed the creation of Labor Day in 1882

  • Specifies the Commemorative Site will not be a unit of the National Park System and does not restrict property owners' actions regarding their property

  • Authorizes the Secretary to enter cooperative agreements with public or private entities to provide educational and interpretive programs, and to provide technical and financial assistance to those entities

  • The site was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in August 2018 and the National Register of Historic Places in January 2019

Legislative Description

Peter J. McGuire Labor Day Landmark Act

Public lands and natural resources

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

8/29/2025

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources8/29/2025

Full Bill Text

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