.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King are going to come to be the first private ladies's athlete to be granted the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey declared Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had passed your house of Representatives and also will be actually sent out to President Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize Master, the ping pong Lobby of Famer and protestor, had actually presently passed with one voice in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, stated in a declaration that Master's "life-time of campaigning for and also effort transformed the landscape for women and also ladies on the courtroom, in the classroom, as well as the workplace." The expense was actually introduced in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched ping pong suit of all time. The medal, awarded through Congress for distinguished achievements and payments to community, has actually previously been actually provided sportsmens, featuring baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and golfers Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually currently been rewarded the Presidential Award of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, states she has "broken obstacles, led uncharted paths, and encouraged plenty of individuals to stand happily along with guts and conviction in the defend what is right.".