.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will certainly end up being the 1st private ladies's sportsmen to become awarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket declared Tuesday that their bipartisan regulation had passed our home of Agents as well as would be actually delivered to President Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize Master, the ping pong Hall of Famer and protestor, had presently passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, stated in a statement that Master's "life time of campaigning for as well as effort modified the garden for ladies and females on the court, in the class, and the work environment." The expense was offered in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of King's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched tennis match of perpetuity. The award, rewarded through Our lawmakers for recognized accomplishments and also additions to culture, has formerly been provided professional athletes, including baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente as well as golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually been awarded the Presidential Medal of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, claims she possesses "defective barricades, led undiscovered paths, and also inspired countless people to stand proudly with guts as well as view in the defend what corrects.".