[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1682 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1682

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


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                    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

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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, 
Education, and Promulgation Act of 2015''.

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 2016 through 2018, 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, State and local arts and cultural 
                        organizations, 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.''.

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 2016 through 2018, to remain available until expended.
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