Proclamation 2026-14549 explained · Proclamation
Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Signed: 2026-07-13 Published: 2026-07-17 Federal Register document: 2026-14549
Agencies: Executive Office of the President
What Proclamation 2026-14549 says
Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 136 (Friday, July 17, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 136 (Friday, July 17, 2026)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 45179-45185] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-14549] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 136 / Friday, July 17, 2026 / Presidential Documents [[Page 45179]] Proclamation 11044 of July 13, 2026 Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On September 18, 1996, as part of an effort to prevent development of significant coal reserves and other resources on the Kaiparowits Plateau, President Clinton issued Proclamation 6920, which established the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Monument) in the State of Utah, reserving approximately 1.7 million acres of Federal lands as part of the Monument, and directing that it be managed by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM). On December 4, 2017, exercising my authority under section 320301 of title 54, United States Code (the ``Antiquities Act''), I issued Proclamation 9682 to modify the boundaries of the Monument, ensure proper management, and more closely reflect the intent of the Antiquities Act. Proclamation 9682 removed approximately 860,000 acres from the Monument. On October...
Opening of the official text; read it in full in the Federal Register.
Constitution Index
“VFA Constitution grade”
Not graded yet
Proclamation 2026-14549 has not been graded yet. New measures with an official summary are graded daily under the published rubric.
What should happen instead
“VFA SI Solution”
National Monument Boundary Modification and Congressional Review Act
Adjust the boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to allow for resource extraction and local land-use flexibility.
Bipartisan rationale: Democrats gain a statutory guarantee that monument reductions cannot be made without congressional debate, preserving environmental protections and public input. Republicans gain a clear legislative pathway for adjusting monument boundaries to accommodate local economic needs, ending the cycle of executive overreach and litigation. Both parties benefit from institutional integrity: Congress reclaims its constitutional role under the Property Clause, and the executive retains a defined role subject to legislative check. This reduces uncertainty for stakeholders and avoids the zero-sum outcome of unilateral action.
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
Report an error in this Solution
For journalists and bloggers
“Embed this grade”
Free to use with the link back. The badge and card update when the grade changes. Embed terms →
