National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.139 | Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila (D-TX)
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion

Summary:
National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2021
The Smithsonian Institution shall (1) record interviews with leading jazz artists; (2) acquire, preserve, and interpret jazz artifacts; (3) continue to recognize Jazz Appreciation Month; (4) establish collaborative agreements for the sharing of such artifacts; and (5) encourage, consult with, and engage in capacity building with community-based and regional organizations with the potential to establish jazz archival collections.
The bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow the use of certain funds for programs to promote jazz education, which may include (1) a Jazz Artists in the Schools program, (2) a program for the development and distribution of educational materials about jazz and teacher training on jazz education, and (3) an Ambassadors of Jazz program.
The Smithsonian Institution shall establish a series of jazz performances at Smithsonian affiliates that provides broad geographic access to jazz and supports public appreciation for the diversity of jazz music.

To preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz in the United 
                           States and abroad.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Jazz Preservation, 
Education, and Promulgation Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL JAZZ PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a National Jazz 
Preservation Program, to be carried out by the Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution through the Director of the National Museum of 
American History and in collaboration with other Smithsonian museums, 
to preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz.
    (b) Program Components.--Under the National Jazz Preservation 
Program, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall--
            (1) record audio and video interviews with leading jazz 
        artists;
            (2) acquire and preserve jazz artifacts, and interpret the 
        artifacts through activities such as exhibitions and 
        performances by the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra;
            (3) continue to recognize Jazz Appreciation Month;
            (4) establish, with governmental agencies, universities, 
        museums, and community-based organizations with jazz archival 
        collections, collaborative agreements for the sharing of jazz 
        artifacts; and
            (5) encourage, consult with, and engage in capacity 
        building with community-based and regional organizations with 
        the potential to establish jazz archival collections.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2023, to remain available until expended.

SEC. 3. JAZZ EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

    Section 4107(a)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7117(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (K); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following:
                    ``(J) programs to promote jazz education, which may 
                include--
                            ``(i) a Jazz Artists in the Schools program 
                        to provide support for State arts agencies to 
                        bring jazz artists to elementary and secondary 
                        schools in collaboration with local educational 
                        agencies;
                            ``(ii) a program for--
                                    ``(I) the development by jazz 
                                artists and educators of lesson plans 
                                and other educational materials about 
                                jazz;
                                    ``(II) the distribution of such 
                                educational materials by organizations 
                                that may include the National Endowment 
                                for the Arts, educational institutions, 
                                State and local arts and cultural 
                                organizations, or nonprofit 
                                organizations; and
                                    ``(III) teacher training on jazz 
                                education by jazz artists and 
                                educators; and
                            ``(iii) an Ambassadors of Jazz program to 
                        send jazz musicians, and jazz orchestras from 
                        secondary schools, abroad to perform for 
                        diverse audiences on missions of goodwill, 
                        education, and cultural exchange, in 
                        collaboration with the Secretary of State; 
                        or''.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL JAZZ APPRECIATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a National Jazz 
Appreciation Program, to be carried out by the Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution through the Director of the National Museum of 
American History and in collaboration with other Smithsonian museums 
and affiliates, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National 
Endowment for the Humanities, to further the appreciation of jazz music 
throughout the Nation.
    (b) Program Components.--Under the National Jazz Appreciation 
Program, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall establish a 
series of jazz performances at Smithsonian affiliates throughout the 
Nation that provides broad geographic access to jazz and supports 
public appreciation for the diversity of jazz music.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2023, to remain available until expended.
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