,i  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #djhc  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,june #bc1 #bjbe,mr4  
,jackson ( ,ill9ois 7= himself1 ,mr4    
,baird1 ,mr4 ,johnson ( ,georgia1 ,mrs4 
,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,fields1 ,mr4    
,davis ( ,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott ( 
,georgia1 ,mrs4 ,d+ell1 ,ms4 ,norton1   
,ms4 ,wilson ( ,florida1 ,ms4 ,moore (  
,wiscons91 ,ms4 ,s*ak[sky1 ,mr4         
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,mfume1 ,mrs4 ,mc,iver1
 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,ms4 ,wat]s1 ,mr4 ,fro/1 
,ms4 ,%]rill1 ,mr4 ,kri%namoor?i1 ,ms4  
,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,c>son1 ,mrs4 ,ramirez1    
,ms4 ,davids ( ,kansas1 ,ms4 ,kelly (   
,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,bi%op1 ,mr4 ,ca/51 ,ms4 
,br[n1 ,mr4 ,?an$>1 ,ms4 ,plaskett1 ,ms4
 ,crockett1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,g>am5di1
 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,lieu1 ,ms4       
,bal9t1 ,mr4 ,k5n$y ( ,new ,york1 ,ms4  
,b>ragn1 ,mr4 ,c>t] ( ,l\isiana1 ,ms4   
,sewell1 ,mr4 ,%]man1 ,mr4 ,g>cia (     
,cali=nia1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,hors=d1   
,mr4 ,figures1 & ,mr4 ,davis ( ,nor?    
,c>ol9a7 introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 

ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,f9ancial     
,s]vices  ,a ,,bill  ,to aw>d a         
,congressional ,gold ,m$al po/hum\sly to
 ,m>%all ,walt] ,major ,taylor 9        
recognition ( 8 significance to ! nation
 z an a?lete1 trailblaz]1 role model1 & 
equal rights advocate4  #a4 ,%ort title 
,?is ,act may be cit$ z ! z ! ,m>%all   
#8,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 six-day race 
at ,madison ,squ>e ,g>d5 9 ,new ,york1  
defeat+ national *ampion ,eddie ,bald 9 
a half-mile exhibition race on ! eve ( !
 six-day endurance conte/ & plac+ eigh? 
9 ! six-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 ! nation1 a five-man squad t won
 a ,bo/on vs4 ,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+2
 raci/ c>toons & c>icatures2            
bureaucratic maneuv]s t ?reat5$ 8 rac+  
eligibility2 race-bas$ exclusion f c]ta9
 tracks & competitions on ! national    
circuit2 ,:ite oppon5ts' plots & tactics
 to box him 9 on ! track1 cause him to  
cra%1 or prev5t him f compet+ 9 ! fir/  
place2 a po/-race *ok+ by a competitor  
on a racetrack 9 ,taunton1              
,massa*usetts1 t left ,taylor           
unconsci\s2 ,:ite neighbors' objections 
to 8 pur*ase ( a h\se 9 ,worce/]2 & 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 ,am]ica & 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 ( six 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 '''     
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 & inscription ( ! "n ( ,m>%all ,walt]
 ,major ,taylor4  7c7 ,disposition (    
m$al ,foll[+ ! aw>d ( ! gold m$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$al
 /ruck pursuant to section #c at a price
 suffici5t to cov] ! co/ !re(1 includ+  
labor1 mat]ials1 dies1 use ( ma*9]y1 &  
ov]head exp5ses4  #e4 ,/atus ( m$als    
7a7 ,national m$als ,! m$als /ruck      
pursuant to ?is ,act are national m$als 
= purposes ( *apt] #ea ( title #ca1     

,unit$ ,/ates ,code4  7b7 ,numismatic   
items ,= purposes ( section #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$als /ruck pursuant to
 ?is ,act4  7b7 ,proce$s ( sale ,!      
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