.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will definitely end up being the 1st individual women's professional athlete to become awarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Shirt introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had actually passed the House of Panels as well as will be sent out to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to honor Master, the tennis Hallway of Famer and lobbyist, had actually currently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, pointed out in a declaration that Master's "lifetime of campaigning for as well as hard work modified the garden for females as well as females on the courtroom, in the class, and also the work environment." The costs was actually offered in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of Master's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "Fight of the Sexes," still the most-watched ping pong suit of perpetuity. The medal, awarded by Our lawmakers for prominent achievements and payments to community, has previously been given to sportsmens, consisting of baseball players Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente and golf enthusiasts Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.King had already been granted the Presidential Award of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, says she has "defective obstacles, led undiscovered pathways, as well as influenced many folks to stand proudly along with tenacity as well as principle in the fight for what corrects.".