Executive Order No. 14396. Preserving America's Game

• Citation: 91 FR 14639
• Executive Order No.: 14396
• Published date: 25 March 2026
• Date: 20 March 2026
• FR Document: 2026-05867
• Pages: 14639-14640
• Issuer: Executive Office of the President
• Section: Presidential Documents

Presidential Documents

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Vol. 91, No. 57

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Title 3—

The President

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 weak-

en the national focus on our Military Service Academies and detract from

a morale-building event of vital interest to the Department of War. Accord-

ingly, 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.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 20, 2026.

[FR Doc. 2026–05867

Filed 3–24–26; 11:15 am]

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