.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master are going to end up being the initial specific females's athlete to become granted the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey declared Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had actually passed our home of Reps and would be actually sent to President Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to honor King, the ping pong Hall of Famer as well as protestor, had presently passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, claimed in a declaration that King's "life time of proposal and also effort transformed the landscape for girls and females on the courtroom, in the classroom, and the work environment." The costs was actually offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Fight of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched ping pong match of all time. The medal, rewarded by Our lawmakers for recognized accomplishments and also payments to community, has actually previously been actually offered to athletes, including baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and also golf enthusiasts Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been actually granted the Presidential Award of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, mentions she has "busted obstacles, led undiscovered pathways, as well as encouraged plenty of people to stand up proudly with tenacity as well as principle in the defend what is right.".