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The bill honors Major Taylor and creates a statutory, self-funded mechanism for the Mint to sell official duplicate medals—improving recognition and administrative clarity—while remaining symbolic and shifting most financial costs and risks to buyers, the Mint’s fund, and potentially taxpayers rather than delivering new services or funding to communities.
Racial-ethnic minority youth and students gain a named, public role model (Major Taylor) and increased awareness of historical racial discrimination, which may inspire participation in sports and improve historical understanding.
Collectors, middle-class families, and the general public get clearer legal status and access to official 'national' duplicate bronze medals, making purchase, sale, and ownership administratively straightforward.
The Treasury and U.S. Mint receive explicit statutory authority to produce, price, and sell these numismatic items, which clarifies administration and helps federal employees manage the program.
The bill is largely symbolic: it recognizes Major Taylor and past discrimination but does not allocate new services, programs, or direct funding to benefit affected communities.
Buyers and collectors bear the full cost of producing duplicate medals, which may make them expensive and limit access for lower-income collectors or members of the public.
If pricing only covers production, there will be no surplus revenue to fund broader programs or to cover administrative overhead beyond direct production costs.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for cyclist Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor, directs the U.S. Mint to strike the medal, and allows sale of bronze duplicates to cover costs.
Introduced June 23, 2025 by Jonathan Jackson · Last progress June 23, 2025
Authorizes a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal to honor Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor, directs the U.S. Mint to strike the gold medal and allows the Mint to produce and sell bronze duplicate medals to cover costs. Specifies the medal’s legal classification, requires Mint accounting treatment, and directs presentation of the gold medal to Taylor’s designated descendant.