Preserving America's Game

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March 25, 2026

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 14639-14640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05867]



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Vol. 91

Wednesday,

No. 57

March 25, 2026

Part II





The President





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Executive Order 14396--Preserving America's Game


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Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 57 / Wednesday, March 25, 2026 / 
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The President

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                Executive Order 14396 of March 20, 2026

                
Preserving America's Game

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered:

                Section 1. Purpose. For over a century, the Army-Navy 
                Game, known as ``America's Game,'' has stood as a 
                symbol of excellence and the American spirit. Now, the 
                recent and potentially ongoing expansion of the College 
                Football Playoffs (CFP) and other postseason college 
                football games threatens to encroach upon the second 
                Saturday in December--a date traditionally reserved 
                exclusively for ``America's Game.'' Such scheduling 
                conflicts weaken the national focus on our Military 
                Service Academies and detract from a morale-building 
                event of vital interest to the Department of War. 
                Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that 
                no college football game, specifically college 
                football's CFP or other postseason games, be broadcast 
                in a manner that directly conflicts with the Army-Navy 
                Game.

                Sec. 2. Implementation. (a) The Secretary of Commerce 
                and the Chairman of the Federal Communications 
                Commission (FCC) shall coordinate with the CFP 
                Committee, the National Collegiate Athletic 
                Association, related organizations, other appropriate 
                Government agencies, and the playoffs' broadcast and 
                media rights partners with the goal of establishing an 
                exclusive window for the Army-Navy Game, during which 
                no other college football game is broadcast.

                    (b) The Chairman of the FCC shall consider 
                reviewing the public interest obligations of broadcast 
                licensees to determine whether those obligations would 
                require that the Army-Navy Game remain a national 
                service event.

                Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.

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                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                    (d) The costs for publication of this order shall 
                be borne by the Department of War.
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                    March 20, 2026.

[FR Doc. 2026-05867
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