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Oval Office National Monument established by proclamation

A presidential proclamation establishing the monument was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 12, 2026.

The Ballot National DeskNovember 12, 2026
Oval Office National Monument established by proclamation

Key takeaways

  • The monument was established through a presidential proclamation.
  • The proclamation was published Nov. 12, 2026.
  • Its document number is 2026-23113.
  • The official citation is 91 FR 73135.
  • The govinfo.gov PDF is the official electronic format.

What happened

12, 2026.

The proclamation is identified as Federal Register document 2026-23113 and carries the citation 91 FR 73135. It appears on pages 73135 and 73136, making the published presidential document two pages long.

The Federal Register classifies the action as a presidential document and, more specifically, as a proclamation. That classification distinguishes it from other kinds of federal records, such as agency rules or notices. The listed agency is the Executive Office of the President.

How to identify the proclamation

Several identifiers allow readers, government offices and courts to locate the same record. The document number is 2026-23113. The citation, 91 FR 73135, points to volume 91 of the Federal Register and the page where the document begins. The page range shows where the full proclamation appears in that volume.

These identifiers matter because titles alone may not be enough to distinguish one federal action from another. A reader searching for the official record can use the document number, citation or publication date to confirm that the record is the proclamation concerning the Oval Office National Monument.

The Federal Register webpage presents an XML version of the published document and links to a PDF hosted on govinfo.gov. The PDF is the official electronic format of the proclamation.

Which version is official

FederalRegister.gov describes its online presentation as an informational version of the daily Federal Register. Although it is designed to display published federal documents accurately, the website’s XML text is not itself the official legal edition.

The official versions are the printed Federal Register and the electronic PDF available through the Government Publishing Office’s govinfo.gov system. Anyone relying on the proclamation for legal research should compare the webpage against that official edition.

The distinction affects how the record may be used. The FederalRegister.gov XML presentation does not independently provide formal legal notice to the public or judicial notice to courts. The Administrative Committee of the Federal Register would have to issue a regulation before that web presentation receives official legal status.

What the publication establishes

The record documents the establishment of the Oval Office National Monument by presidential proclamation. Its publication places the action in the Federal Register under a permanent document number, citation and page range.

For voters and other members of the public, the central procedural point is that this is a presidential action rather than legislation or an agency rule. The official proclamation text is the controlling record for the terms of the action. Any later correction, implementation step or federal action tied to the monument can be checked against document 2026-23113 and its official PDF.

What to watch

  • The official proclamation PDF linked from the Federal Register record
  • Any correction tied to document 2026-23113
  • Later federal actions citing the proclamation

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