.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will certainly come to be the very first private girls's athlete to be rewarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey declared Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had actually passed your house of Reps as well as would certainly be actually sent to President Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to honor King, the tennis Lobby of Famer and lobbyist, had actually currently passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, stated in a statement that Master's "life-time of advocacy as well as hard work changed the landscape for ladies as well as women on the courthouse, in the class, and also the workplace." The costs was offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis match of perpetuity. The medal, rewarded through Congress for notable accomplishments and additions to culture, has earlier been provided to sportsmens, including pitcher Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente as well as golfers Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had currently been awarded the Presidential Award of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, mentions she has "broken barricades, led unexplored pathways, and inspired a great number of individuals to stand proudly along with courage as well as sentiment in the defend what is right.".