.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will end up being the very first personal females's professional athlete to be awarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had passed the House of Reps as well as will be actually sent to President Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to honor King, the tennis Hall of Famer and protestor, had currently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, pointed out in a declaration that Master's "life time of campaigning for as well as effort altered the landscape for girls and girls on the courtroom, in the class, and the workplace." The costs was actually introduced in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis match of perpetuity. The medal, awarded by Congress for recognized accomplishments and also additions to culture, has actually formerly been provided professional athletes, including pitcher Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and also golfers Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually presently been rewarded the Governmental Medal of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, claims she has "broken barriers, led undiscovered pathways, and also motivated many people to stand up proudly with courage and also view in the defend what is right.".