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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2823 

To preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz in the United 

States and abroad. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 19, 2011 

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. COHEN, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. 

EDWARDS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. WATT, and Mr. HASTINGS of 

Florida) introduced the following bill 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition 

to the Committee on House Administration, 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 and Education Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL JAZZ PRESERVATION PROGRAM. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na3 tional Jazz Preservation Program, to be carried out by 

4 the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution through the 

5 Director of the National Museum of American History 

6 and in collaboration with other Smithsonian museums, to 

7 preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz. 

8 (b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Under the National 

9 Jazz Preservation Program, the Secretary of the Smithso10 nian Institution shall— 

11 (1) record audio and video interviews with lead12 ing jazz artists; 

13 (2) acquire and preserve jazz artifacts, and in14 terpret the artifacts through activities such as exhi15 bitions and performances by the Smithsonian Jazz 

16 Masterworks Orchestra; 

17 (3) continue to recognize Jazz Appreciation 

18 Month; and 

19 (4) establish, with governmental agencies, uni20 versities, museums, and community-based organiza21 tions with jazz archival collections, collaborative 

22 agreements for the sharing of jazz artifacts. 

23 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

24 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

25 $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014, 

26 to remain available until expended. 


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1 SEC. 3. JAZZ EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY AND SEC2 ONDARY SCHOOLS. 

3 Section 5411(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 

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

5 (1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para6 graph (10); and 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol8 lowing new paragraph: 

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

10 which may include— 

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

12 to provide support for State arts agencies to 

13 bring jazz artists to elementary and secondary 

14 schools in collaboration with local educational 

15 agencies; 

16 ‘‘(B) a program for— 

17 ‘‘(i) the development by jazz artists 

18 and educators of lesson plans and other 

19 educational materials about jazz; 

20 ‘‘(ii) the distribution of such edu21 cational materials by organizations that 

22 may include the National Endowment for 

23 the Arts, educational institutions, or non24 profit organizations; and 

25 ‘‘(iii) teacher training on jazz edu26 cation by jazz artists and educators; and 


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

2 send jazz musicians, and jazz orchestras from 

3 secondary schools, abroad to perform for di4 verse audiences on missions of goodwill, edu5 cation, and cultural exchange, in collaboration 

6 with the Secretary of State.’’. 

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