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House awards Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal in history-making vote

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Tennis legend Billie Jean King receives Congressional Gold Medal.

The award is the nation’s highest civilian honor on a female individual athlete for the first time.

The measure now heads to President Biden , who is expected to sign it.

King spent much of the previous decade pushing for the passage of Title IX , the federal civil rights law signed by President Nixon .

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