Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minnesota Education 
Investment and Employment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA 
WILDERNESS AND SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOR-
EST, MINNESOTA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The State of Minnesota owns multiple par-
cels of land in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wil-
derness in the Superior National Forest that were 
granted to the State through sections 16 and 36 of the 
Enabling Act of 1857 to be held in trust for the ben-
efit of the public school system in the State (in this 
section referred to as ‘‘State trust lands’’). 
(2) The State trust lands were acquired by the 
State long before the establishment of either the Na-
tional Forest System or the wilderness area and are 
scattered in a largely checkerboard fashion amid the 
Superior National Forest and the wilderness area. 
(3) The presence of State trust lands in the wil-
derness area makes land and resource management in 
the wilderness area more difficult, costly, and con-
troversial for the United States and the State. 
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(4) Although the State trust lands were granted 
to the State to generate financial support for the pub-
lic school system through the sale or development of 
natural resources, development of those resources in 
the wilderness area may be incompatible with man-
aging the wilderness area for recreational, natural, 
and conservation purposes. 
(5) The United States owns land and interests in 
land in other parts of the State that can be trans-
ferred to the State in exchange for the State trust 
lands without jeopardizing Federal management ob-
jectives or needs. 
(6) It is in the public interest to exchange, on 
terms that are fair to the United States and the 
State, National Forest System land in the State that 
has limited recreational and conservation resources 
for State trust lands located in the wilderness area 
with important recreational, scenic, and conservation 
resources for permanent public management and use. 
(7) The Legislature of the State of Minnesota, 
meeting in its 87th Legislative Session, passed (and 
on April 27, 2012, the Governor of Minnesota ap-
proved) S.F No. 1750 (Chapter 236), section 4 of 
which adds section 92.80 to the Minnesota Statutes to 
expedite the exchange of a portion of the State trust 
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lands located within the Boundary Waters Canoe 
Area Wilderness. 
(b) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall consummate a land exchange with the 
State of Minnesota pursuant to section 4 of S.F No. 1750 
(Chapter 236) of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota 
(section 92.80 of the Minnesota Statutes) to acquire all 
right, title, and interest of the State in and to certain State 
trust lands identified as provided in such section in ex-
change for all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to National Forest System land in the State for in-
clusion in the State trust lands. 
(c) VALUATION OF LANDS FOR EXCHANGE.—Subdivi-
sion 4 of section 4 of S.F No. 1750 (Chapter 236) of the 
Legislature of the State of Minnesota (section 92.80 of the 
Minnesota Statutes) shall control for purposes of the exam-
ination and value determination of the lands to be ex-
changed. 
(d) SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The exact 
acreage and legal description of the land to be exchanged 
under subsection (b) shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Secretary. The State of Minnesota shall be 
responsible for the costs of the survey and all other adminis-
trative costs related to the land exchange. 
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(e) BOUNDARIES
AND MANAGEMENT
OF ACQUIRED 
LAND.— 
(1) LAND ACQUIRED BY SECRETARY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The land acquired by the 
Secretary under subsection (b) shall be added to 
and administered as part of the Boundary 
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness established pursu-
ant to section 3 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1132(a)), and the Secretary shall modify the 
boundaries of the wilderness area to reflect inclu-
sion of the acquired lands. Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the land acquired by the Secretary 
shall be managed in accordance with the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and other laws 
and regulations applicable to the National Wil-
derness Preservation System. 
(B) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING FISHING AND 
HUNTING RIGHTS.—The acquisition of land by 
the United States under subsection (b) and in-
clusion of the land in the Boundary Waters 
Canoe Area Wilderness shall not alter or other-
wise affect— 
(i) any fishing and hunting rights in 
existence with respect to the land imme-
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diately before the conveyance of the land to 
the United States; or 
(ii) the use of such rights after convey-
ance. 
(2) LAND ACQUIRED BY STATE.—The land ac-
quired by the State of Minnesota under subsection (b) 
shall be deemed to be State trust lands and shall be 
held in trust for the benefit of the public school system 
in the State. It is the sense of Congress that, whenever 
the land acquired by the State of Minnesota under 
subsection (b) is not being used for revenue-generating 
activities, the State should make the land available 
for other compatible uses, including hunting, fishing, 
hiking, biking, snowmobiling, and trail riding. 
(3) BOUNDARIES OF SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOR-
EST.—The Secretary shall modify the boundaries of 
the Superior National Forest to reflect the land ex-
change conducted under this section. 
(f) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.— 
(1) LAND
AND
WATER
CONSERVATION
FUND 
ACT.—For purposes of section 7 of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 
460l–9), the boundaries of the Superior National For-
est, as modified by subsection (e)(3), shall be consid-
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ered to be boundaries of the Superior National Forest 
as of January 1, 1965. 
(2) NOT A MAJOR FEDERAL ACTION.—The land 
exchange conducted under this section shall not be 
considered to be a major Federal action. 
(g) NO IMPACT ON OTHER LAND EXCHANGES.—The 
land exchange described in subsection (b) does not affect any 
land exchange involving National Forest System land in 
the State of Minnesota underway as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(h) REPORT.—If the Secretary fails to complete the 
land exchange described in subsection (b) before the end of 
the 18-month period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, not later 
than 30 days after the end of such period, a report— 
(1) specifying the reasons why the exchange has 
not been completed; and 
(2) stating the date by which the Secretary an-
ticipates the conveyance will be completed. 
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