.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will end up being the 1st personal ladies's sportsmen to be granted the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had passed your house of Agents and will be actually delivered to President Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to honor Master, the ping pong Hallway of Famer as well as lobbyist, had actually already passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, claimed in a declaration that King's "life time of proposal as well as hard work altered the yard for girls and gals on the courthouse, in the classroom, and the office." The expense was introduced in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of King's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched tennis suit of all time. The award, granted by Congress for prominent accomplishments as well as contributions to community, has formerly been given to sportsmens, including pitcher Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually been actually awarded the Presidential Medal of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, claims she possesses "broken barricades, led unexplored paths, as well as inspired countless individuals to stand happily along with tenacity as well as sentiment in the fight for what corrects.".