.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will certainly become the 1st personal ladies's professional athlete to be rewarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Shirt introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had passed your house of Reps and also would certainly be delivered to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize King, the tennis Hallway of Famer and also activist, had actually presently passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a statement that Master's "life time of campaigning for and also hard work modified the yard for women as well as women on the court, in the classroom, as well as the place of work." The costs was actually presented in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of King's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched tennis match of all time. The medal, granted through Our lawmakers for notable accomplishments and payments to society, has recently been actually given to athletes, including baseball players Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente and also golfers Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had currently been actually awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, mentions she possesses "defective barricades, led uncharted courses, and motivated numerous individuals to stand happily along with courage and conviction in the defend what corrects.".