.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will certainly end up being the very first specific ladies's sportsmen to be rewarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Shirt revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had actually passed the House of Reps as well as would certainly be actually delivered to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to honor Master, the ping pong Lobby of Famer and also lobbyist, had already passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a statement that Master's "life time of advocacy and effort changed the yard for females and also gals on the court, in the classroom, and also the work environment." The costs was launched in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of Master's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched tennis suit of all time. The medal, awarded through Congress for distinguished accomplishments as well as payments to society, has previously been actually provided professional athletes, including pitcher Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente as well as golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had actually already been actually rewarded the Presidential Medal of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, claims she possesses "defective obstacles, led undiscovered pathways, as well as influenced countless people to stand proudly with guts and also strong belief in the defend what corrects.".