.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will come to be the first specific girls's sportsmen to be granted the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket announced Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had actually passed your home of Panels as well as will be sent out to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to recognize King, the ping pong Hall of Famer as well as activist, had currently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a statement that Master's "lifetime of advocacy and effort transformed the garden for ladies as well as gals on the courthouse, in the classroom, and the work environment." The bill was introduced in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched tennis suit of perpetuity. The award, granted by Congress for notable accomplishments and contributions to community, has actually previously been offered to professional athletes, including baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and also golf players Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had actually been rewarded the Governmental Medal of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, says she possesses "busted barricades, led undiscovered roads, and influenced a great number of people to stand happily along with courage as well as sentiment in the defend what corrects.".