.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will certainly come to be the 1st individual girls's sportsmen to become granted the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed our home of Panels and would be actually delivered to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize King, the tennis Lobby of Famer and protestor, had actually currently passed with one voice in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, claimed in a claim that Master's "lifetime of proposal as well as hard work transformed the landscape for women and women on the courthouse, in the class, and also the office." The expense was actually offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of King's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis suit of perpetuity. The award, rewarded by Congress for prominent accomplishments and contributions to society, has previously been actually given to sportsmens, including baseball players Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente and golfers Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had already been actually rewarded the Governmental Award of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, states she has "busted barricades, led undiscovered courses, as well as motivated numerous individuals to stand happily with guts and also view in the defend what corrects.".