Padre Island National Seashore - Laws & Policies (U.S. National Park Service)

To find out more about the park's rules and regulations:

Follow this link to view the 2009 edition of the Superintendent's Compendium in PDF format.

President John F. Kennedy Signing Legislation for Padre Island National Seashore, 1962. Photo courtesy PAIS Archives.

The park's Founding Legislation is a federal law, drawn up by Congress and signed by the President, which forms the foundation for all the rules, regulations, laws, and policies of the park. The National Seashore's founding legislation was signed by President John F. Kennedy on September 28, 1962.

Want to find out more about the laws that regulate national parks? Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) is a comprehensive listing of the rules in national parks. Here you will find out about the laws that are used to protect park resources.