Sponsor
Garland H. Barr
Representative · R-KY
Representative · R-KY
Creates a yearly federal honor that can raise the profile of peacemakers but risks politicizing the award, harming public trust and international credibility, and diverting State Department resources.
Individual peacemakers who receive the award: getting a federal honor raises public awareness of their peace work and increases their visibility and credibility.
All Americans/taxpayers: establishes a recurring, non‑monetary annual recognition that highlights and promotes the value of peacemaking nationwide.
The public and civil society: mandating the first award for a specific living former president risks politicizing the honor, undermining perceived impartiality and public trust in State Department recognitions.
International partners and U.S. diplomatic goals: tying an official U.S. honor to a partisan figure may reduce international acceptance of the award and limit its effectiveness in honoring global peacemakers.
Taxpayers and State Department staff: administering a politically named award could divert agency staff time and resources away from other diplomatic priorities.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Creates an annual honorary "Trump Peace Prize" awarded by the Secretary of State and requires the first award be given to President Donald J. Trump.
Official title: To require the Secretary of State to annually award an honorary Trump Peace Prize.
Introduced October 17, 2025 by Garland H. Barr · Last progress October 17, 2025
Creates an annual honorary award called the "Trump Peace Prize," to be administered by the Secretary of State. The Secretary is required to present the first Trump Peace Prize to President Donald J. Trump and to confer the award annually on an individual described as a peacemaker. The law is purely symbolic: it names the award, directs the Secretary of State to make the first and subsequent awards, and does not authorize new funding, create regulatory duties beyond the award conferral, or change programs or benefits.