,,ii  #aah? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,s4 #debh  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!      
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,june #ab1 #bjbd ,mr4  
,braun 7= himself & ,mr4 ,w>nock7       
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 read     
twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on       
,bank+1 ,h\s+1 & ,urban ,affairs  ,a    
,,bill  ,to aw>d po/hum\sly a           
,congressional ,gold ,m$al to ,m>%all   
,walt] ,major ,taylor 9 recognition ( 8 
significance to ! nation z an a?lete1   
trailblaz]1 role model1 & equal rights  
advocate4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may
 be cit$ z ! ,m>%all ,walt] ,major      
,taylor ,congressional ,gold ,m$al ,act4
  #b4 ,f9d+s ,congress f9ds ! foll[+3   
7#a7 ,m>%all ,walt] ,major ,taylor 0    
born 9 ,indianapolis1 ,indiana1 on      
,novemb] #bf1 #ahgh1 to ,black p>5ts :o 
likely _h be5 enslav$ 9 ,k5tucky1 & di$ 
impov]i%$ on ,june #ba1 #aicb1 9 a      
hospital *>ity w>d 9 ,*icago1 ,ill9ois4 
7#b7 ,z a *ild1 ,taylor sp5t consid]able
 "t at ! home ( a weal?y ,:ite family 9 
,indianapolis :o employ$ 8 fa!r z a     

coa*man1 treat$ ! ,black y\ng/] z an    
equal to _! son1 ,daniel ,s\?>d1 & gave 
,taylor 8 fir/ bicycle4  7#c7 ,taylor   
acquir$ ! nickname ,major 9 8 y\? :5 he 
p]=m$ bicycle tricks outside 8          
workplace1 ! ,hay  ,willits bike %op 9  
,indianapolis1 :ile we>+ a milit>y-/yle 
jacket1 & he won 8 fir/ bike race 9     
#ahij at age #aa4  7#d7 ,taylor mov$ to 
,worce/]1 ,massa*usetts1 ) 8 employ]1   
m5tor1 & rac+ manag]1 ,l\is ,d4 ,birdie 
,mung]1 9 #ahie1 & became kn[n 9 8 sport
 n only = 8 lightn+ spr9ts b also = 8   
good sportsman%ip1 discipl9$ physical   
tra9+1 & devotion to 8 religion4  7#e7  
,taylor receiv$ a pr(essional rac+      
lic5se f ! ,league ( ,am]ican ,:eelm5 at
 age #ah despite ! ,league's #ahid :ites
 only rule = amateur memb]%ip & made 8  
pr(essional debut 9 ,decemb] #ahif 9 a  
#f-;day race at ,madison ,squ>e ,g>d5 9 
,new ,york1 ,new ,york1 defeat+ national
 *ampion ,eddie ,bald 9 a half-mile     
exhibition race on ! eve ( ! #f-;day    
endurance conte/ & plac+ eigh? 9 !      

#f-;day track cycl+ competition4  7#f7  
,9 #ahig1 ,taylor e>n$ a spot alongside 
#d ,:ite m5 on "o ( ! fir/ racially     
integrat$ pr(essional sports teams 9 !  
,unit$ ,/ates1 a #e-man squad t won a   
,bo/on v4 ,philadelphia pursuit race    
held 9 ,cambridge1 ,massa*usetts4  7#g7 
,taylor set num]\s _w spe$ records &    
held #g _w records at ! end ( #ahih =   
v>i\s di/ances1 includ+ ! covet$ #a     
mile1 & he fur!r l[]$ ! #a-mile _w      
record to #a m9ute1 #ai seconds 9 #ahii4
  7#h7 ,taylor ov]came racial prejudice 
?r\gh\t 8 c>e]1 %[+ rem>kable dignity 9 
! face ( clos$ doors & op5 ho/ility1    
includ+ race-bas$ d5ial ( meals & lodg+1
 raci/ c>toons & c>icatures1            
bureaucratic maneuv]s t ?reat5$ 8 rac+  
eligibility1 race-bas$ exclusion f c]ta9
 tracks & competitions on ! national    
circuit1 plots & tactics by ,:ite       
oppon5ts to box him 9 on ! track1 cause 
him to cra%1 or prev5t him f compet+ 9 !
 fir/ place1 a po/-race *ok+ by a       
competitor on a racetrack 9 ,taunton1   

,massa*usetts1 t left ,taylor           
unconsci\s1 objections by ,:ite         
neighbors to 8 pur*ase ( a h\se 9       
,worce/]1 & a dea? ?reat sign$ ,:ite    
,rid]s t 0 deliv]$ 9 ,savannah1         
,georgia4  7#i7 ,taylor 0 "o ( ! fir/   
,black a?letes to secure corporate      
sponsor%ip1 repres5t+ bicycle br&s su* z
 ,iv] ,johnson1 ,sag]1 ,/e>ns1 & ,ori5t1
 & he became "o ( ! weal?ie/ ,black m5 9
 ! ,unit$ ,/ates & a sub/antial         
b5efactor to 8 *ur* 9 ,worce/]4  7#aj7  
,taylor pione]$ ! use ( an innovative   
adju/able h&leb> /em1 us+ ! ext5sion to 
improve 8 a]odynamic position1 & to ?is 
day ?is type ( outrigg] is call$ a      
,major ,taylor /em4  7#aa7 ,taylor won !
 _w #a-mile spr9t *ampion%ip 9 ,montreal
 on ,augu/ #aj1 #ahii1 becom+ ! second  
,black a?lete to w9 a _w title 9 any    
sport1 & won ! ,unit$ ,/ates *ampion%ip 
lat] t ye>4  7#ab7 ,z a dev\t ,*ri/ian1 
,taylor refus$ = ye>s to race on        
,sundays1 & accord+ly he turn$ d[n      
lucrative (f]s to race 9 ,europe1 until1

 by virtue ( 8 int]national sup]/>dom1  
he c\ld negotiate a no ,sundays         
provision 9 a ,european rac+ contract = 
#aija4  7#ac7 ,f9d+ refuge 9 ,france1   
:]e he 0 /ill (t5 ! only ,black rac] on 
! track1 ,taylor defeat$ e ,european    
*ampion dur+ ! c\rse ( #f t\rs ( ,europe
 f #aija to #aiji & also _h num]\s rac+ 
successes 9 ,au/ralia & ,new ,zeal&4    
7#ad7 ,aft] retir+ f rac+ 9 #aiaj & f9d+
 little success 9 ! bus9ess _w1 ,taylor 
wrote 8 #aibh autobiography1 ,! ,fa/e/  
,bicycle ,rid] 9 ! ,_w1 ) an appeal =   
simple ju/ice1 equal rights1 & a squ>e  
deal = ,african ,am]icans 9 sports & e 4
 4 4 human endeavor1 z well z advice =  
y\? on good sportsman%ip & clean liv+4  
7#ae7 ,draw+ on exempl>y det]m9ation &  
p]sev]ance1 ,taylor demon/rat$ n only   
dom9ant a?letic pr[ess b also trem5d\s  
/r5g? ( "* z he broke racial b>ri]s1    
rea*$ ! p9nacle ( int]national sport1 & 
s]v$ z a role model = g5]ations to come4
  #c4 ,congressional gold m$al  7a7     
,pres5tation au?oriz$ ,! ,speak] ( !    

,h\se ( ,repres5tatives & ! ,presid5t   
pro tempore ( ! ,s5ate %all make        
appropriate arrangem5ts = ! po/hum\s    
pres5tation1 on behalf ( ! ,congress1 ( 
a gold m$al ( appropriate design 9      
commemoration ( ,m>%all ,walt] ,major   
,taylor1 9 recognition ( 8 significance 
to ! nation z an a?lete1 trailblaz]1    
role model1 & equal rights advocate4    
7b7 ,design & /rik+ ,= purposes ( !     
pres5tation ref]r$ to 9 subsection 7a71 
! ,secret>y ( ! ,treasury 7ref]r$ to 9  
?is ,act z ! ,secret>y7 %all /rike a    
gold m$al ) suitable emblems1 devices1 &
 inscriptions1 to be det]m9$ by !       
,secret>y4 ,! design %all be> an image  
(1 & an inscription ( ! "n ( ,m>%all    
,walt] ,major ,taylor4  7c7 ,disposition
 ( m$al ,foll[+ ! pres5tation ( ! gold  
m$al "u subsection 7a71 ! gold m$al %all
 be giv5 to ! great-gr&daught] ( ,m>%all
 ,walt] ,major ,taylor1 ,k>5 ,donovan4  
#d4 ,duplicate m$als ,! ,secret>y may   
/rike & sell duplicates 9 bronze ( !    
gold m$al /ruck "u section #c1 at a     

price suffici5t to cov] ! co/ !re(1     
includ+ labor1 mat]ials1 dies1 use (    
ma*9]y1 & ov]head exp5ses4  #e4 ,/atus (
 m$als  7a7 ,national m$als ,! m$als    
/ruck "u ?is ,act are national m$als =  
purposes ( *apt] #ea ( title #ca1 ,unit$
 ,/ates ,code4  7b7 ,numismatic items ,=
 purposes ( sections #eacd & #eacf (    
title #ca1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 all     
m$als /ruck "u ?is ,act %all be consid]$
 to be numismatic items4  #f4 ,au?ority 
to use fund am\nts2 proce$s ( sale  7a7 
,au?ority ,to use fund am\nts ,!re is   
au?oriz$ to be *>g$ aga9/ ! ,unit$      
,/ates ,m9t ,public ,ent]prise ,fund su*
 am\nts z may be necess>y to pay = !    
co/s ( ! m$als /ruck "u ?is ,act4  7b7  
,proce$s ( sales ,am\nts receiv$ f !    
sale ( duplicate bronze m$als au?oriz$  
"u section #d %all be deposit$ into !   
,unit$ ,/ates ,m9t ,public ,ent]prise   
,fund4