Pacific Yew Act

Summary

Pacific Yew Act - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to pursue a conservation-management policy with respect to National Forest System and other public lands containing Pacific yew that will combine long-term conservation with sustainable yew harvests for the manufacture of taxol (a cancer treatment drug derived from the yew.) Requires timber sales to be conducted in accord with such policy. Directs the Secretaries to: (1) inventory Pacific yew on lands under their jurisdiction; (2) encourage and assist in research regarding the ecology of the Pacific yew, development of alternative methods of procuring taxol, and propagation of Pacific yew and other yew species in agricultural or commercial settings; and (3) ensure collection of Pacific yew resources in a fashion that minimizes illegal harvests and maintains the yew's taxol properties. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell Pacific yew to qualifying persons for manufacturing of taxol in the United States. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine and notify the appropriate Secretaries when sufficient medical quantities of taxol are available from sources other than Pacific yew harvested from Federal lands. Terminates the requirements of this Act upon such notification.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 1 July 1992

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 16 June 1992

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