.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will definitely become the 1st specific women's sportsmen to be rewarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket declared Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had passed your house of Panels and also would certainly be actually sent out to President Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to honor Master, the ping pong Hall of Famer and also lobbyist, had actually presently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, pointed out in a claim that Master's "life-time of proposal as well as effort changed the garden for girls and women on the courtroom, in the classroom, and the place of work." The expense was offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of King's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched ping pong suit of perpetuity. The award, granted through Congress for distinguished achievements as well as payments to community, has previously been actually given to athletes, including baseball players Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente as well as golfers Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had already been actually awarded the Presidential Award of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, mentions she possesses "defective barricades, led uncharted courses, and encouraged many folks to stand up happily with courage as well as conviction in the fight for what is right.".