.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will definitely become the first specific females's sportsmen to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had actually passed your home of Reps as well as would certainly be actually sent out to President Joe Biden for his signature.The bill to honor King, the ping pong Lobby of Famer and also activist, had actually currently passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, mentioned in a statement that Master's "life-time of advocacy and also effort altered the garden for women and gals on the courtroom, in the classroom, and also the work environment." The costs was actually introduced in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of Master's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis suit of perpetuity. The award, granted through Our lawmakers for distinguished success as well as contributions to community, has formerly been actually offered to sportsmens, featuring pitcher Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and also golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually currently been actually granted the Presidential Award of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, claims she has "damaged barriers, led unexplored roads, and also encouraged numerous folks to stand up happily along with nerve and also conviction in the fight for what corrects.".