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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 2888

43 USC 1611, 1613.

PUBLIC LAW 95-600—NOV. 6, 1978 in paragraph (1) or for the purpose of performing or otherwise furnishing the services described in paragraph (2): Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply to any funds paid to a Native Corporation established pursuant to this Act or to any subsidiary thereof. This subsection shall be effective as of December 18, 1971, and, with respect to each Native Corporation, shall remain in full force and effect for a period of twenty years thereafter or until the Corporation has received conveyance of its full land entitlement, whichever first occurs. Except as set forth in this subsection and in subsection (d) hereof, all rents, royalties, profits, and other revenues or proceeds derived from real property interests selected and conveyed pursuant to sections 12 and 14 shall be taxable to the same extent as such revenues or proceeds are taxable when received by a non-Native individual or corporation. "Oi)(l) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each Native Corporation established pursuant to this Act shall be deemed to have become engaged in carrying on a trade or business as of the date it was incorporated for purposes of any form of Federal, State, or local taxation. "(2) All expenses heretofore or hereafter paid or incurred by a Native Corporation established pursuant to this Act in connection with the selection or conveyance of lands pursuant to this Act, or in assisting another Native Corporation within or for the same region in the selection or conveyance of lands under this Act, shall be deemed to be or to have been ordinary and necessary expenses of such Corporation, paid or incurred in carrying on a trade or business for purposes of any form of Federal, State, or local taxation." "(i) PERSONAL HOLDING COMPANY ACT EXEMPTION.—No Corpora-

26 USC 542.

26 USC 1033.

tion created pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be considered to be a personal holding company within the meaning of section 542(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 prior to January 1, 1992." SEC. 542. REPLACEMENT OF LIVESTOCK WITH OTHER FARM PROPERTY WHERE THERE HAS BEEN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1033 (relating to involuntary conversions) is amended by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection: "(f) REPLACEMENT OF LIVESTOCK WITH OTHER FARM PROPERTY WHERE THERE HAS BEEN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION.—For

26 USC 1033 note.

purposes of subsection (a), if, because of soil contamination or other environmental contamination, it is not feasible for the taxpayer to reinvest the proceeds from compulsorily or involuntarily converted livestock in property similar or related in use to the livestock so converted, other property (including real property) used for farming purposes shall be treated as property similar or related in service or use to the livestock so converted. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1974. SEC. 543. CERTAIN PAYMENTS NOT INCLUDED IN GROSS INCOME. (a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 (relating to items specifically excluded from gross income) is amended by redesig-