After a long fight for equal pay, the United States women's national soccer team will be legally required to be compensated as much as the men's team.
Eddie Pells of the Associated Press reported the House of Representatives passed the Equal Pay for Team USA Act on Wednesday after the bill previously passed through the Senate with unanimous support.
The next stop is President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law.
"By sending this legislation to the President, both houses have sent a clear message that this is the standard for all National Teams in all sports and it underscores the importance of working with our athletes to achieve equal pay including equalizing international prize money," U.