In a sign that the COVID-19 pandemic has not overtaken absolutely everything in policy, culture, and life, U.S. representatives Joe Crowley and Alan Lowenthal have introduced a bill in Congress that would bring Billie Jean King another accolade.

Dubbed the SEO-friendly Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal Act, the bill starts the conversation among the legislative government branch's 435 representatives. Crowley, representing New York, and Lowenthal, representing a district including King's birthplace of Long Beach and thus California, are both Democrats.

"Billie Jean redefined the very role of women in both sports and American culture," Rep. Lowenthal said in a press release. "The word icon is simply too small to capture the enormous impact she has had on not just tennis, not just on the United States, but on the world. She is a pioneer in athletics, a trailblazer in the fight for equality, a role model for women and the LGBT community, and an inspiration to every American. She has not only earned this honor—she deserves it for the ground she has broken and the paths that she has set."

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According to Rep. Lowenthal's media release on the topic, "The Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the U.S. Congress to recognize an individual's immense contributions to American culture." King, now 76, was designated the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 by President Barack Obama, and in 1987, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Don't assume this bill's passage is a bipartisan given at this juncture, though, as a quite similar bill that Rep. Crowley shared in Congress in 2018 didn't make it through. If and when finalized, it would be "GSM, BJK" in terms of another Washington-catalyzed recognition. And with that, it's tennis for the win.