16 U.S.C. § 410bbb–1 — Establishment

(a) In general. To help preserve, educate about, and interpret jazz as it developed in New Orleans, and to give technical help to jazz-related organizations, this section establishes the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park ("the historical park"). It is run together with Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, which already preserves the lower Mississippi Delta Region's culture and nature.

(b) Area included. The historical park includes: (1) land the Secretary designates for an interpretive visitor center complex; (2) sites covered by cooperative agreements with the National Park Service for interpretive programs; and (3)(A) sites the Secretary designates as described in (B): (B)(i) within 18 months of October 31, 1994, the Secretary must complete a national historic landmark evaluation of jazz-related sites in and around New Orleans, identified in the "New Orleans Jazz Special Resource Study," using existing information where practical; (ii) if a site meets National Historic Landmark standards and the National Park Service's tests for suitability and feasibility, and would further this subchapter's purposes, the Secretary may add it to the park after consulting the site's owners, the city of New Orleans, the Smithsonian Institution, and the New Orleans Jazz Commission, and notifying the relevant Senate and House committees.