.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will definitely become the 1st specific girls's sportsmen to be rewarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had passed our home of Reps as well as would be sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The bill to honor Master, the tennis Lobby of Famer and lobbyist, had actually currently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, claimed in a statement that King's "life time of proposal and effort modified the landscape for ladies and also ladies on the courtroom, in the class, as well as the place of work." The costs was actually offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched tennis suit of all time. The award, rewarded by Congress for notable achievements and also additions to community, has formerly been actually given to professional athletes, featuring pitcher Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and also golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been actually granted the Presidential Award of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, says she possesses "damaged obstacles, led undiscovered roads, and also influenced plenty of individuals to stand proudly along with guts and conviction in the defend what corrects.".