§ 410bbb. — Findings and purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410bbb]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIX-Z--NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 410bbb. Findings and purpose
(a) Findings
The Congress finds that:
(1) Jazz is the United States' most widely recognized indigenous
music and art form. Congress previously recognized jazz in 1987
through Senate Concurrent Resolution 57 as a rare and valuable
national treasure of international importance.
(2) The city of New Orleans is widely recognized as the
birthplace of jazz. In and around this city, cultural and musical
elements blended to form the unique American music that is known as
New Orleans jazz, which is an expression of the cultural diversity
of the lower Mississippi Delta Region.
(3) Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve was
established to commemorate the cultural diversity of the lower
Mississippi Delta Region including a range of cultural expressions
like jazz.
(b) Purpose
In furtherance of the need to recognize the value and importance of
jazz, it is the purpose of this subchapter to establish a New Orleans
Jazz National Historical Park to preserve the origins, early history,
development and progression of jazz; provide visitors with opportunities
to experience the sights, sounds, and places where jazz evolved; and
implement innovative ways of establishing jazz educational partnerships
that will help to ensure that jazz continues as a vital element of the
culture of New Orleans and our Nation.
(Pub. L. 103-433, title XII, Sec. 1202, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4519.)
References in Text
Senate Concurrent Resolution 57, referred to in subsec. (a)(1),
probably means H. Con. Res. 57, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 2013, which is
not classified to the Code.
Short Title
Section 1201 of title XII of Pub. L. 103-433 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the `New Orleans Jazz
National Historical Park Act of 1994'.''
