.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will come to be the first private females's sportsmen to be granted the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had passed our home of Panels and will be actually delivered to President Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to honor Master, the tennis Hallway of Famer as well as protestor, had actually already passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, pointed out in a statement that King's "life time of campaigning for and effort transformed the landscape for ladies and also ladies on the court, in the class, and also the place of work." The bill was actually offered in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of King's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis suit of all time. The award, rewarded by Congress for recognized achievements as well as additions to society, has recently been offered to athletes, featuring baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had currently been actually rewarded the Presidential Award of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, says she possesses "defective obstacles, led undiscovered pathways, as well as encouraged a great number of folks to stand happily with guts and principle in the fight for what is right.".