.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will end up being the 1st private girls's sportsmen to become awarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey declared Tuesday that their bipartisan regulation had actually passed your home of Agents and will be delivered to President Joe Biden for his signature.The bill to honor Master, the ping pong Hall of Famer as well as protestor, had already passed with one voice in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, claimed in a claim that King's "life-time of campaigning for and also hard work transformed the yard for women and also women on the courtroom, in the class, and also the workplace." The bill was actually offered in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of King's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexes," still the most-watched ping pong match of perpetuity. The medal, granted through Our lawmakers for recognized accomplishments as well as payments to culture, has formerly been provided to professional athletes, featuring baseball players Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente and golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been actually rewarded the Governmental Award of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, mentions she possesses "defective barriers, led unexplored pathways, and also influenced numerous people to stand up happily with tenacity and also sentiment in the defend what is right.".