.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will become the 1st specific girls's athlete to become awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket declared Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would certainly be sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to honor Master, the tennis Hall of Famer and also activist, had actually passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, mentioned in a claim that Master's "life time of proposal and also hard work transformed the yard for ladies and also females on the courthouse, in the class, and the work environment." The costs was actually presented in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis suit of perpetuity. The award, awarded through Congress for notable achievements and payments to community, has recently been actually provided professional athletes, featuring baseball players Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente as well as golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been actually awarded the Governmental Medal of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, mentions she possesses "defective barriers, led unexplored paths, and influenced plenty of folks to stand proudly with courage and also view in the defend what is right.".