.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will certainly end up being the initial individual ladies's athlete to become granted the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had actually passed your house of Agents as well as will be delivered to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize Master, the ping pong Hallway of Famer and also lobbyist, had actually presently passed with one voice in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, claimed in a declaration that King's "life-time of campaigning for and also effort modified the landscape for women and also gals on the court, in the class, and the office." The expense was actually presented in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched tennis match of all time. The award, granted by Our lawmakers for recognized success and also additions to community, has previously been actually offered to sportsmens, consisting of pitcher Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente and also golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been actually granted the Presidential Award of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, states she has "damaged barricades, led uncharted courses, and motivated a great number of people to stand up proudly along with tenacity and principle in the defend what corrects.".