.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King are going to become the first specific females's professional athlete to be rewarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Shirt declared Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had actually passed your house of Reps and will be actually delivered to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize Master, the tennis Hall of Famer and lobbyist, had already passed with one voice in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, pointed out in a declaration that Master's "life-time of proposal as well as effort altered the yard for women and also gals on the court, in the classroom, and also the work environment." The costs was launched in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexes," still the most-watched ping pong match of all time. The medal, rewarded by Congress for prominent achievements and payments to community, has recently been actually provided sportsmens, including baseball players Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente as well as golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been actually rewarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, states she has "defective obstacles, led unexplored courses, and inspired many people to stand happily with nerve and view in the defend what corrects.".