.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will definitely come to be the very first private women's athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Shirt revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan regulation had passed your home of Panels and will be actually sent out to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to honor King, the tennis Lobby of Famer as well as lobbyist, had already passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, pointed out in a declaration that King's "lifetime of campaigning for and also hard work altered the garden for women and ladies on the courthouse, in the class, and the office." The costs was offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched ping pong match of all time. The award, awarded by Congress for recognized achievements and also additions to culture, has earlier been actually provided professional athletes, including pitcher Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and also golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually presently been awarded the Presidential Medal of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, states she possesses "defective barriers, led uncharted paths, and influenced many individuals to stand happily along with courage and also strong belief in the fight for what corrects.".