.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will definitely come to be the initial personal females's sportsmen to be rewarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan regulation had actually passed the House of Panels and will be actually delivered to President Joe Biden for his signature.The bill to honor Master, the tennis Lobby of Famer and activist, had currently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, mentioned in a claim that King's "lifetime of proposal and hard work altered the yard for women and women on the courtroom, in the classroom, and the office." The costs was presented in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched tennis match of perpetuity. The medal, rewarded through Our lawmakers for prominent success and payments to society, has formerly been provided to professional athletes, including pitcher Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente as well as golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually presently been actually rewarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, claims she has "faulty barriers, led unexplored pathways, and motivated a great number of individuals to stand happily with tenacity and conviction in the defend what corrects.".