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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1682 

To preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz in the United 

States and abroad. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2015 

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 

HASTINGS, Mr. COHEN, Ms. CHU of California, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. RICHMOND, and Ms. LEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz 

in the United States and abroad. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Jazz Preser5 vation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL JAZZ PRESERVATION PROGRAM. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na8 tional Jazz Preservation Program, to be carried out by 


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1 the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution through the 

2 Director of the National Museum of American History 

3 and in collaboration with other Smithsonian museums, to 

4 preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz. 

5 (b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Under the National 

6 Jazz Preservation Program, the Secretary of the Smithso7 nian Institution shall— 

8 (1) record audio and video interviews with lead9 ing jazz artists; 

10 (2) acquire and preserve jazz artifacts, and in11 terpret the artifacts through activities such as exhi12 bitions and performances by the Smithsonian Jazz 

13 Masterworks Orchestra; 

14 (3) continue to recognize Jazz Appreciation 

15 Month; 

16 (4) establish, with governmental agencies, uni17 versities, museums, and community-based organiza18 tions with jazz archival collections, collaborative 

19 agreements for the sharing of jazz artifacts; and 

20 (5) encourage, consult with, and engage in ca21 pacity building with community-based and regional 

22 organizations with the potential to establish jazz ar23 chival collections. 

24 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

25 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 


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1 $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2018, 

2 to remain available until expended. 

3 SEC. 3. JAZZ EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY AND SEC4 ONDARY SCHOOLS. 

5 Section 5411(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 

6 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7243(b)) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para8 graph (10); and 

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol10 lowing new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(9) Programs to promote jazz education, 

12 which may include— 

13 ‘‘(A) a Jazz Artists in the Schools program 

14 to provide support for State arts agencies to 

15 bring jazz artists to elementary and secondary 

16 schools in collaboration with local educational 

17 agencies; 

18 ‘‘(B) a program for— 

19 ‘‘(i) the development by jazz artists 

20 and educators of lesson plans and other 

21 educational materials about jazz; 

22 ‘‘(ii) the distribution of such edu23 cational materials by organizations that 

24 may include the National Endowment for 

25 the Arts, educational institutions, State 


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1 and local arts and cultural organizations, 

2 or non-profit organizations; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) teacher training on jazz edu4 cation by jazz artists and educators; and 

5 ‘‘(C) an Ambassadors of Jazz program to 

6 send jazz musicians, and jazz orchestras from 

7 secondary schools, abroad to perform for di8 verse audiences on missions of goodwill, edu9 cation, and cultural exchange, in collaboration 

10 with the Secretary of State.’’. 

11 SEC. 4. NATIONAL JAZZ APPRECIATION PROGRAM. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na13 tional Jazz Appreciation Program, to be carried out by 

14 the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution through the 

15 Director of the National Museum of American History 

16 and in collaboration with other Smithsonian museums and 

17 affiliates, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the 

18 National Endowment for the Humanities, to further the 

19 appreciation of jazz music throughout the Nation. 

20 (b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Under the National 

21 Jazz Appreciation Program, the Secretary of the Smithso22 nian Institution shall establish a series of jazz perform23 ances at Smithsonian affiliates throughout the Nation that 

24 provides broad geographic access to jazz and supports 

25 public appreciation for the diversity of jazz music. 


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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2018, 

4 to remain available until expended. 

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