# Plain Language Summary: National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2023

This bill creates two main programs to protect jazz music and teach people about it. The first program, called the National Jazz Preservation Program, will be run by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. It will record interviews with famous jazz musicians, collect and display jazz instruments and memorabilia, and work with other museums and community organizations to share jazz collections. The program will also continue recognizing Jazz Appreciation Month and help local organizations build their own jazz archives. To fund this work, the bill sets aside $2 million per year for three years.

The second program, the National Jazz Appreciation Program, will bring jazz performances to Smithsonian museums across the country so people in different regions can experience live jazz music. This gets $1 million per year for three years. Additionally, the bill changes education funding rules to allow schools to use money for jazz education programs. This includes bringing jazz musicians into elementary and secondary schools to perform and teach, creating lesson plans and teaching materials about jazz, training teachers in jazz education, and sending high school jazz orchestras on international goodwill tours with the State Department.

In practical terms, this bill means more jazz music will be preserved for future generations, students in schools will have better access to jazz education and live performances, and jazz will get more recognition as an important part of American culture. The programs rely on federal funding and partnerships between government agencies, museums, schools, and community organizations to make this happen.

National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2023

Jackson Lee, Sheila

National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2023 This bill establishes a National Jazz Preservation Program and a National Jazz Appreciation Program, to be carried out by the Smithsonian Institution through the National Museum of American History, to (1) preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz, and (2) further the appreciation of jazz music throughout the nation. 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.