.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will definitely end up being the initial private ladies's athlete to become awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey declared Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had passed the House of Agents and also will be sent out to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize Master, the ping pong Hallway of Famer and protestor, had actually passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, stated in a declaration that King's "life time of campaigning for as well as effort transformed the garden for girls as well as girls on the courtroom, in the class, and also the place of work." The bill was actually introduced in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes," still the most-watched ping pong suit of perpetuity. The medal, granted through Our lawmakers for notable accomplishments as well as payments to society, has actually recently been given to sportsmens, featuring baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and also golfers Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually currently been actually rewarded the Governmental Award of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, says she possesses "faulty obstacles, led undiscovered pathways, and also encouraged a great number of individuals to stand happily along with guts and also principle in the fight for what corrects.".