.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will definitely come to be the 1st specific ladies's sportsmen to become rewarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan regulation had passed your home of Panels as well as would certainly be actually sent out to President Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to honor King, the ping pong Hallway of Famer and also lobbyist, had actually already passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, claimed in a claim that King's "life time of campaigning for and also effort transformed the yard for females and women on the courtroom, in the class, and the work environment." The costs was launched in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "Fight of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis match of all time. The award, granted through Our lawmakers for distinguished achievements and also payments to society, has recently been actually provided to professional athletes, featuring pitcher Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and also golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.King had presently been actually awarded the Governmental Award of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, mentions she possesses "damaged barricades, led uncharted pathways, as well as influenced numerous folks to stand up proudly with tenacity as well as view in the fight for what corrects.".