.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will end up being the 1st private girls's sportsmen to become granted the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had passed the House of Panels and would certainly be actually sent out to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize King, the ping pong Hall of Famer and also protestor, had currently passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, pointed out in a declaration that King's "life-time of proposal and effort changed the landscape for females as well as ladies on the court, in the class, as well as the place of work." The expense was actually launched in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of King's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis suit of perpetuity. The medal, granted through Our lawmakers for distinguished accomplishments as well as payments to society, has previously been given to sportsmens, featuring pitcher Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had already been actually granted the Presidential Medal of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, says she possesses "damaged barricades, led undiscovered courses, as well as inspired plenty of people to stand up proudly with courage as well as principle in the defend what is right.".