.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will definitely become the very first personal women's sportsmen to become rewarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had passed your house of Panels and would certainly be actually sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The bill to honor King, the tennis Lobby of Famer and activist, had currently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, stated in a claim that King's "life time of campaigning for as well as effort altered the landscape for girls and gals on the courthouse, in the class, as well as the workplace." The expense was actually presented in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of King's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis match of perpetuity. The medal, awarded by Congress for prominent achievements and also payments to culture, has earlier been actually given to athletes, featuring pitcher Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente as well as golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had actually currently been granted the Presidential Award of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, claims she possesses "defective barricades, led undiscovered roads, and also influenced numerous individuals to stand happily along with nerve as well as strong belief in the fight for what is right.".