1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2019 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purpose and need for NorthMet Land Exchange. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. NorthMet Land Exchange. Sec. 5. Valuation of NorthMet Land Exchange. Sec. 6. Maps and legal descriptions. Sec. 7. Post-exchange land management. Sec. 8. Miscellaneous provisions. 2. Purpose and need for NorthMet Land Exchange (a) Purpose It is the purpose of this Act to further the public interest by consummating the NorthMet Land Exchange as specifically set forth in this Act. (b) Need According to the Final Record of Decision, the NorthMet Land Exchange is advisable and needed because the NorthMet Land Exchange will— (1) result in a 40-acre net gain in National Forest System lands; (2) improve the spatial arrangement of National Forest System lands by reducing the amount of ownership boundaries to be managed by 33 miles; (3) improve management effectiveness by exchanging isolated Federal lands with no public overland access for non-Federal lands that will have public overland access and be accessible and open to public use and enjoyment; (4) result in Federal cost savings by eliminating certain easements and their associated administration costs; (5) meet several of the priorities identified in the land and resource management plan for Superior National Forest to protect and manage administratively or congressionally designated, unique, proposed, or recommended areas, including acquisition of 307 acres of land to the administratively proposed candidate Research Natural Areas, which are managed by preserving and maintaining areas for ecological research, observation, genetic conservation, monitoring, and educational activities