.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master are going to become the very first specific girls's sportsmen to be rewarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had actually passed our home of Representatives as well as would be sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to recognize King, the ping pong Hall of Famer and protestor, had actually presently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, stated in a claim that Master's "life-time of proposal and effort altered the garden for ladies as well as females on the courtroom, in the class, and also the office." The costs was actually presented in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes," still the most-watched ping pong match of perpetuity. The award, granted through Congress for notable success and also payments to society, has actually recently been actually provided to professional athletes, consisting of baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and golf enthusiasts Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.King had already been granted the Governmental Medal of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, states she has "faulty obstacles, led uncharted roads, as well as encouraged a great number of individuals to stand up happily along with courage as well as view in the defend what is right.".