ALASKA NATIVE VILLAGE AND NATIVE CORPORATION RELIEF.

SEC. 3. ALASKA NATIVE VILLAGE AND NATIVE CORPORATION RELIEF. Section 101(20) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601(20)) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (G) as subparagraphs (F) through (H), respectively; (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: “(E) Exclusion of certain alaska native villages and native corporations.— “(i) In general.—The term ‘owner or operator’ does not include, with respect to a facility conveyed to a Native village or Native Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act— “(I) the Native village or Native Corporation that received the facility from the United States Government; or “(II) a successor in interest to which the facility was conveyed under section 14(c) of such Act. “(ii) Limitation.—The exclusion provided under this subparagraph shall not apply to any entity described in clause (i) that causes or contributes to a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance from the facility conveyed as described in such clause.” ; (3) in subparagraph (G) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “subparagraph (E)” and inserting “subparagraph (F)”; and (4) in clause (i)(II) of subparagraph (H) (as so redesignated), by striking “1813)” and inserting “1813))”.