[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2823 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2823

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


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
 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 and 
Education Act of 2011''.

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; and
            (4) establish, with governmental agencies, universities, 
        museums, and community-based organizations with jazz archival 
        collections, collaborative agreements for the sharing of jazz 
        artifacts.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2012 through 2014, to remain available until expended.

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

    Section 5411(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7243(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(9) Programs to promote jazz education, which may 
        include--
                    ``(A) 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;
                    ``(B) 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, or non-profit organizations; and
                            ``(iii) teacher training on jazz education 
                        by jazz artists and educators; and
                    ``(C) 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.''.
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