.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will definitely end up being the first personal females's sportsmen to be rewarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket declared Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had passed your home of Representatives and will be actually sent out to President Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize Master, the tennis Hallway of Famer and also lobbyist, had currently passed with one voice in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, pointed out in a declaration that Master's "life-time of campaigning for as well as hard work altered the yard for girls and girls on the court, in the class, and the work environment." The bill was actually offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of King's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexes," still the most-watched ping pong match of perpetuity. The medal, rewarded through Congress for recognized success and also payments to community, has previously been provided to professional athletes, including pitcher Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente and golfers Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually presently been actually awarded the Presidential Medal of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, claims she possesses "faulty barriers, led undiscovered pathways, as well as influenced numerous people to stand proudly with tenacity and also sentiment in the fight for what corrects.".