.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master are going to become the very first personal ladies's professional athlete to become awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had actually passed our home of Agents and will be sent out to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to recognize Master, the ping pong Lobby of Famer and also lobbyist, had actually currently passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, stated in a declaration that Master's "life time of proposal and effort altered the yard for ladies as well as women on the courthouse, in the classroom, as well as the office." The bill was actually presented in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Fight of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched tennis match of all time. The award, awarded through Our lawmakers for prominent success and payments to society, has actually earlier been actually given to professional athletes, consisting of baseball players Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and also golfers Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.King had actually already been rewarded the Presidential Medal of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, claims she has "defective barricades, led undiscovered roads, and also motivated many folks to stand proudly along with guts and also view in the defend what corrects.".