# 116-hr-6944: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, in recognition of her contribution to the Nation and her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBTQ community in athletics, education, and our society.

116-hr-6944, To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, in recognition of her contribution to the Nation and her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBTQ community in athletics, education, and our society., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6944
- Congress: 116
- Title: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, in recognition of her contribution to the Nation and her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBTQ community in athletics, education, and our society.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2020-05-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 20
- Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King in recognition of her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBTQ community in athletics, education, and our society.

## Cosponsors (20)

- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (D-FL), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2020-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-6944 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6944)

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