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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011''.

                     TITLE I--PERMANENT TAX RELIEF

SEC. 101. REPEAL OF EGTRRA SUNSET.

    Section 901 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation 
Act of 2001 is repealed.

SEC. 102. REPEAL OF JGTRRA SUNSET.

    Section 303 of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
2003 is repealed.

SEC. 103. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate shall, 
not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a draft of 
any technical and conforming changes in the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 which are necessary to reflect throughout such Code the purposes 
of the provisions of, and amendments made by, this Act.

               TITLE II--PERMANENT INDIVIDUAL AMT RELIEF

SEC. 201. PERMANENT INDIVIDUAL AMT RELIEF.

    (a) Modification of Alternative Minimum Tax Exemption Amount.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 55(d) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exemption amount) is 
        amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Exemption amount for taxpayers other than 
        corporations.--In the case of a taxpayer other than a 
        corporation, the term `exemption amount' means--
                    ``(A) the dollar amount for taxable years beginning 
                in the calendar year as specified in the table 
                contained in paragraph (4)(A) in the case of--
                            ``(i) a joint return, or
                            ``(ii) a surviving spouse,
                    ``(B) the dollar amount for taxable years beginning 
                in the calendar year as specified in the table 
                contained in paragraph (4)(B) in the case of an 
                individual who--
                            ``(i) is not a married individual, and
                            ``(ii) is not a surviving spouse,
                    ``(C) 50 percent of the dollar amount applicable 
                under paragraph (1)(A) in the case of a married 
                individual who files a separate return, and
                    ``(D) $22,500 in the case of an estate or trust.
        For purposes of this paragraph, the term `surviving spouse' has 
        the meaning given to such term by section 2(a), and marital 
        status shall be determined under section 7703.''.
            (2) Specified exemption amounts.--Section 55(d) of such 
        Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(4) Specified exemption amounts.--
                    ``(A) Taxpayers described in paragraph (1)(A).--For 
                purposes of paragraph (1))(A)--


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                                                                 The
             ``For taxable years beginning in--               exemption
                                                              amount is:
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2011.......................................................      $74,450
2012.......................................................      $78,250
2013.......................................................      $81,450
2014.......................................................      $85,050
2015.......................................................      $88,650
2016.......................................................      $92,650
2017.......................................................      $96,550
2018.......................................................     $100,950
2019.......................................................     $105,150
2020.......................................................     $109,950
2021.......................................................    $112,250.
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                    ``(B) Taxpayers described in paragraph (1)(B).--For 
                purposes of paragraph (1))(B)--


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                                                                 The
             ``For taxable years beginning in--               exemption
                                                              amount is:
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2011.......................................................      $48,450
2012.......................................................      $50,350
2013.......................................................      $51,950
2014.......................................................      $53,750
2015.......................................................      $55,550
2016.......................................................      $57,550
2017.......................................................      $59,500
2018.......................................................      $61,700
2019.......................................................      $63,800
2020.......................................................      $66,200
2021.......................................................  $68,200.''.
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    (b) Alternative Minimum Tax Relief for Nonrefundable Credits.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 26 of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Limitation Based on Amount of Tax.--The aggregate amount of 
credits allowed by this subpart for the taxable year shall not exceed 
the sum of--
            ``(1) the taxpayer's regular tax liability for the taxable 
        year reduced by the foreign tax credit allowable under section 
        27(a), and
            ``(2) the tax imposed by section 55(a) for the taxable 
        year.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Child tax credit.--
                            (i) Section 24(b) of such Code is amended 
                        by striking paragraph (3).
                            (ii) Section 24(d)(1) of such Code is 
                        amended--
                                    (I) by striking ``section 26(a)(2) 
                                or subsection (b)(3), as the case may 
                                be,'' each place it appears in 
                                subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting 
                                ``section 26(a)'', and
                                    (II) by striking ``section 26(a)(2) 
                                or subsection (b)(3), as the case may 
                                be'' in the second last sentence and 
                                inserting ``section 26(a)''.
                    (B) Credit for interest on certain home 
                mortgages.--Section 25(e)(1)(C) of such Code is amended 
                to read as follows:
                    ``(C) Applicable tax limit.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, the term `applicable tax limit' means the 
                limitation imposed by section 26(a) for the taxable 
                year reduced by the sum of the credits allowable under 
                this subpart (other than this section and sections 23, 
                25D, and 1400C).''.
                    (C) Savers' credit.--Section 25B of such Code is 
                amended by striking subsection (g).
                    (D) Residential energy efficient property.--Section 
                25D(c) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Carryforward of Unused Credit.--If the credit allowable under 
subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed by section 26(a) for such 
taxable year reduced by the sum of the credits allowable under this 
subpart (other than this section), such excess shall be carried to the 
succeeding taxable year and added to the credit allowable under 
subsection (a) for such succeeding taxable year.''.
                    (E) Certain plug-in electric vehicles.--Section 
                30(c)(2) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Personal credit.--For purposes of this title, the 
        credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year 
        (determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall be 
        treated as a credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable 
        year.''.
                    (F) Alternative motor vehicle credit.--Section 
                30B(g)(2) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Personal credit.--For purposes of this title, the 
        credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year 
        (determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall be 
        treated as a credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable 
        year.''.
                    (G) New qualified plug-in electric vehicle 
                credit.--Section 30D(c)(2) of such Code is amended to 
                read as follows:
            ``(2) Personal credit.--For purposes of this title, the 
        credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year 
        (determined after application of paragraph (1)) shall be 
        treated as a credit allowable under subpart A for such taxable 
        year.''.
                    (H) Cross references.--Section 55(c)(3) of such 
                Code is amended by striking ``26(a), 30C(d)(2),'' and 
                inserting ``30C(d)(2)''.
                    (I) Foreign tax credit.--Section 904 of such Code 
                is amended by striking subsection (i) and by 
                redesignating subsections (j), (k), and (l) as 
                subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively.
                    (J) First-time home buyer credit for the district 
                of columbia.--Section 1400C(d) of such Code is amended 
                to read as follows:
    ``(d) Carryforward of Unused Credit.--If the credit allowable under 
subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed by section 26(a) for such 
taxable year reduced by the sum of the credits allowable under subpart 
A of part IV of subchapter A (other than this section and section 25D), 
such excess shall be carried to the succeeding taxable year and added 
to the credit allowable under subsection (a) for such taxable year.''.
            (3) Adoption credit.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 10909 of the Patient 
                Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the amendments 
                made thereby, are repealed; and the Internal Revenue 
                Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such section, and 
                amendments, had never been enacted.
                    (B) Conforming amendments.--
                            (i) Section 23(b) of the Internal Revenue 
                        Code of 1986, as in effect on December 31, 
                        2009, is amended by striking paragraph (4).
                            (ii) Section 23(c) of such Code, as in 
                        effect on December 31, 2009, is amended by 
                        striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting 
                        before paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(1) In general.--If the credit allowable under subsection 
        (a) for any taxable year exceeds the limitation imposed by 
        section 26(a) for such taxable year, reduced by the sum of the 
        credits allowable under this subpart (other than this section 
        and sections 25D and 1400C), such excess shall be carried to 
        the succeeding taxable year and added to the credit allowable 
        under subsection (a) for such taxable year.''.
                            (iii) Section 23(c) of such Code, as in 
                        effect on December 31, 2009, is amended by 
                        redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments and the repeal made by this 
section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010.

                 TITLE III--PERMANENT ESTATE TAX RELIEF

SEC. 301. PERMANENT ESTATE TAX RELIEF.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Tax Relief, Unemployment 
Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, and the 
amendments made thereby, are repealed; and the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 shall be applied as if such title, and amendments, had never been 
enacted.
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by this section shall apply to 
estates of decedents dying, gifts made, and generation skipping 
transfers after December 31, 2009.

Answer: Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011 - Eliminates: (1) the terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, thus making the tax relief provisions of such Act permanent; and (2) the terminating date of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 applicable to reductions in the tax rate for dividend and capital gain income.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) phase-in between 2011 through 2021increases in the exemption amount for the alternative minimum tax (AMT); and (2) make permanent offsets against the AMT for certain nonrefundable tax credits.

Makes permanent the repeal of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes for decedents dying, gifts made, and generation skipping transfers after December 31, 2009.


Question: SECTION 1. CLASS SIZE DEMONSTRATION GRANTS.

    Subpart 3 of part D of title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1109 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

              ``Subpart 3--Class Size Demonstration Grants

``SEC. 561. PURPOSE.

    ``It is the purpose of this subpart to provide grants to State 
educational agencies to enable such agencies to determine the benefits, 
in various school settings, of reducing class size on the educational 
performance of students and on classroom management and organization.

``SEC. 562. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants, on a 
        competitive basis, to State educational agencies to pay the 
        Federal share of the costs of conducting demonstration projects 
        that demonstrate methods of reducing class size that may 
        provide information meaningful to other State educational 
        agencies and local educational agencies.
            ``(2) Federal share.--The Federal share shall be 50 
        percent.
    ``(b) Reservation.--The Secretary may reserve not more than 5 
percent of the amount appropriated under section 565A for each fiscal 
year to carry out the activities described in section 565.
    ``(c) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary shall make grants to State 
educational agencies on the basis of--
            ``(1) the need and the ability of a State educational 
        agency to reduce the class size of an elementary school or 
        secondary school served by such agency;
            ``(2) the ability of a State educational agency to furnish 
        the non-Federal share of the costs of the demonstration project 
        for which assistance is sought;
            ``(3) the ability of a State educational agency to continue 
        the project for which assistance is sought after the 
        termination of Federal financial assistance under this subpart; 
        and
            ``(4) the degree to which a State educational agency 
        demonstrates in the application submitted pursuant to section 
        564 consultation in program implementation and design with 
        parents, teachers, school administrators, and local teacher 
        organizations, where applicable.
    ``(d) Priority.--In awarding grants under this subpart, the 
Secretary shall give priority to demonstration projects that involve 
at-risk students in the earliest grades, including educationally or 
economically disadvantaged students, students with disabilities, and 
limited English proficient students.
    ``(e) Grants Must Supplement Other Funds.--A State educational 
agency shall use the Federal funds received under this subpart to 
supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds 
available to the State educational agency to carry out the purpose of 
this subpart.

``SEC. 563. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) Annual Competition.--In each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
announce the factors to be examined in a demonstration project assisted 
under this subpart. Such factors may include--
            ``(1) the magnitude of the reduction in class size to be 
        achieved;
            ``(2) the level of education in which the demonstration 
        projects shall occur;
            ``(3) the form of the instructional strategy to be 
        demonstrated; and
            ``(4) the duration of the project.
    ``(b) Random Techniques and Appropriate Comparison Groups.--
Demonstration projects assisted under this subpart shall be designed to 
utilize randomized techniques or appropriate comparison groups.

``SEC. 564. APPLICATION.

    ``(a) In General.--In order to receive a grant under this subpart, 
a State educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary 
that is responsive to the announcement described in section 563(a), at 
such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such 
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Duration.--The Secretary shall encourage State educational 
agencies to submit applications under this subpart for a period of 5 
years.
    ``(c) Contents.--Each application submitted under subsection (a) 
shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the objectives to be attained with 
        the grant funds and the manner in which the grant funds will be 
        used to reduce class size;
            ``(2) a description of the steps to be taken to achieve 
        target class sizes, including, where applicable, the 
        acquisition of additional teaching personnel and classroom 
        space;
            ``(3) a statement of the methods for the collection of data 
        necessary for the evaluation of the impact of class size 
        reduction programs on student achievement;
            ``(4) an assurance that the State educational agency will 
        pay, from non-Federal sources, the non-Federal share of the 
        costs of the demonstration project for which assistance is 
        sought; and
            ``(5) such additional assurances as the Secretary may 
        reasonably require.
    ``(d) Sufficient Size and Scope Required.--The Secretary shall 
award grants under this subpart only to State educational agencies 
submitting applications which described projects of sufficient size and 
scope to contribute to carrying out the purpose of this subpart.

``SEC. 565. EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.

    ``(a) National Evaluation.--The Secretary shall conduct a national 
evaluation of the demonstration projects assisted under this subpart to 
determine the costs incurred in achieving the reduction in class size 
and the effects of the reductions on results, such as student 
performance in the affected subjects or grades, attendance, discipline, 
classroom organization, management, and teacher satisfaction and 
retention.
    ``(b) Cooperation.--Each State educational agency receiving a grant 
under this subpart shall cooperate in the national evaluation described 
in subsection (a) and shall provide such information to the Secretary 
as the Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(c) Reports.--The Secretary shall report to Congress on the 
results of the evaluation conducted under subsection (a).
    ``(d) Dissemination.--The Secretary shall widely disseminate 
information about the results of the class size demonstration projects 
assisted under this subpart.

``SEC. 565A. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart 
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years.''.

SEC. 2. PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BY NASA 
              RELATING TO AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE.

    The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration may not carry out research and development activities 
relating to the performance of aircraft (including supersonic aircraft 
and subsonic aircraft) unless the Administrator receives payment in 
full for such activities from the private sector.

Answer: Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a competitive Class Size Demonstration Grants program. 
Directs the Secretary of Education to award such grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to pay half of the costs of conducting projects that demonstrate methods of reducing class size that may provide information meaningful to other SEAs and local educational agencies (LEAs).  Authorizes the Secretary to reserve up to five percent of funds for this Act for each fiscal year to carry out national evaluation and dissemination activities. 
Sets forth program requirements for:  (1) grant selection criteria; (2) priority for projects that involve at-risk students in the earliest grades, including educationally or economically disadvantaged students, students with disabilities, and limited English proficient students; (3) annual competitions; (4) random techniques and appropriate comparison groups; (5) applications; and (6) sufficient size and scope of projects. 
Directs the Secretary to:  (1) conduct, and report to the Congress on, a national evaluation of such projects to determine the costs incurred in achieving the reduction in class size and the effects of the reductions on results; and (2) widely disseminate information about the results of such projects. 
Authorizes appropriations. 
(Sec. 2) Prohibits the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from carrying out research and development activities relating to the performance of aircraft (including supersonic aircraft and subsonic aircraft) unless the Administrator receives payment in full for such activities from the private sector.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Broadband Investment Act of 
2013'' or the ``RBI Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``applicable Federal-State Joint Board'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 
                Service; and
                    (B) if the limitations in the proposal submitted by 
                the Commission to the Federal-State Joint Board on 
                Universal Service under section 4(b)(1)(A) result in a 
                revision of the jurisdictional allocation of expenses, 
                the Federal-State Joint Board on Separations;
            (2) the term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission;
            (3) the term ``revised proposal for rural support'' means a 
        revised proposal to establish limitations on study area total 
        unseparated loop costs of rural rate-of-return carriers;
            (4) the term ``rural carrier'' means--
                    (A) a rural rate-of-return carrier;
                    (B) a rural wireless carrier owned by a rural rate-
                of-return carrier; and
                    (C) a rural competitive local exchange carrier 
                owned by a rural rate-of-return carrier;
            (5) the term ``rural rate-of-return carrier'' means a rural 
        telephone company (as defined in section 153 of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)) that is a rate-of-
        return carrier (as defined in section 54.5 of title 47, Code of 
        Federal Regulations);
            (6) the term ``study area total unseparated loop cost'' 
        means the cost calculated under section 36.621 of title 47, 
        Code of Federal Regulations;
            (7) the term ``Transformation Order'' means the Report and 
        Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of the Federal 
        Communications Commission adopted on October 27, 2011 (FCC 11-
        161); and
            (8) the term ``tribal lands'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 54.400(e) of title 47, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The implementation of new rules and regulations set 
        forth in the Transformation Order has created financial 
        uncertainty and instability for rural carriers by denying rural 
        carriers a meaningful opportunity to recover investments and 
        expenses incurred to provide universal service prior to 2012.
            (2) The implementation of the Transformation Order, 
        including the utilization of a widely criticized regression 
        analysis used to determine levels of universal service support, 
        is creating significant uncertainty with respect to the 
        sufficiency and predictability of the universal service support 
        mechanisms, which has discouraged rural carriers from making 
        broadband infrastructure investments to build out new broadband 
        capabilities in high cost-to-serve rural communities throughout 
        the United States.
            (3) The intent of Congress under section 254 of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) is that the 
        Commission--
                    (A) consult with the Federal-State Joint Board on 
                Universal Service before adopting changes to 
                regulations that affect universal service high-cost 
                fund mechanisms; and
                    (B) adopt policies and regulations that establish 
                and maintain ``specific, predictable, and sufficient'' 
                support mechanisms to preserve and advance universal 
                service.
            (4) The Secretary of Agriculture has warned that the 
        implementation of the Transformation Order is having unintended 
        consequences for rural broadband investment and deployment and 
        for other Federal programs designed to promote rural broadband 
        deployment.
            (5) The Department of Agriculture has reported that demand 
        for Rural Utilities Service loans for broadband buildout has 
        plummeted in 2013, due in part to the uncertainty created by 
        the new rules and regulations set forth in the Transformation 
        Order.
            (6) Surveys of rural carriers indicate that nearly two-
        thirds of rural rate-of-return carriers are canceling or 
        postponing new broadband investments, while other reports 
        indicate that rural rate-of-return carriers are being forced to 
        increase consumer prices and reduce staff, creating ripple 
        effects for economies in rural areas of the United States.
            (7) Congressional hearings have demonstrated that the 
        approach of the Commission to the consideration, review, and 
        resolution of petitions for waivers from rules adopted under 
        the Transformation Order--
                    (A) is unduly burdensome and costly for small, 
                rural carriers and inconsistent with the established 
                policy and waiver standards of the Commission; and
                    (B) is consequently discouraging small, rural 
                carriers from requesting waivers and is creating 
                additional business uncertainties.
            (8) Congressional hearings have demonstrated that the 
        Commission can make adjustments to the Transformation Order to 
        address the adverse impact and business uncertainties 
        confronting small, rural carriers without affecting other 
        categories of carriers or increasing the Universal Service Fund 
        budget established in the Transformation Order.

SEC. 4. SUSPENSION AND REVISION OF PROVISION OF TRANSFORMATION ORDER.

    (a) Suspension.--Section 36.621(a)(5) of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations (relating to the annual limitation of study area total 
unseparated loop cost pursuant to a schedule announced by the Wireline 
Competition Bureau), shall have no force or effect.
    (b) Review and Revision.--
            (1) Publication of revised proposal for universal service 
        distribution to rural rate-of-return carriers.--
                    (A) Requirement to submit proposal.--Not later than 
                60 days after the effective date of this Act, the 
                Commission shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking 
                to adopt a revised proposal for rural support.
                    (B) Recovery of reasonable investments and 
                operating expenses.--The Commission shall ensure that 
                the revised proposal for rural support does not deprive 
                a rural rate-of-return carrier of the opportunity to 
                recover reasonable investments and operating expenses 
                incurred prior to the adoption under subparagraph (D) 
                of the revised proposal for rural support.
                    (C) Consultation with joint boards.--Before the 
                Commission issues a final rule under subparagraph (D) 
                to adopt a revised proposal for rural support, the 
                Commission shall consult with the applicable Federal-
                State Joint Board to the extent that such consultation 
                is required under the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
                U.S.C. 151 et seq.).
                    (D) Final rule adopting proposal.--Not earlier than 
                45 days and not later than 120 days after the date on 
                which the Commission issues the notice of proposed 
                rulemaking under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall 
                issue a final rule adopting a revised proposal for 
                rural support.
            (2) Report to congress.--Not later than 60 days after the 
        effective date of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives--
                    (A) a report that contains the revised proposal for 
                rural support published in the notice of proposed 
                rulemaking under paragraph (1)(A); and
                    (B) a report that--
                            (i) describes the amount of universal 
                        service funding necessary to achieve universal 
                        service objectives during the 10-year period 
                        following the date on which the report is 
                        submitted; and
                            (ii) includes--
                                    (I) quantitative and qualitative 
                                analysis in support of the findings of 
                                the Commission under clause (i); and
                                    (II) a specific analysis 
                                identifying the unique circumstances 
                                and resulting high-cost loop support 
                                required to provide and maintain 
                                universal service in Alaska and on 
                                tribal lands.
    (c) Interim Limitations.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the effective 
        date of this Act, the Commission shall establish interim 
        limitations on study area total unseparated loop costs by--
                    (A) determining the annual Universal Service Fund 
                distribution for each rural rate-of-return carrier on 
                the basis of the applicable rules that were in effect 
                on the day before the effective date of the 
                Transformation Order; and
                    (B) adjusting the universal service distribution of 
                high-cost loop support that results from the annual 
                distribution determined under paragraph (1) to 
                reflect--
                            (i) the revision to section 36.605 of title 
                        47, Code of Federal Regulations, required under 
                        section 5 of this Act; and
                            (ii) any revisions to responses to waiver 
                        petitions required under section 6 of this Act.
            (2) Duration.--The interim limitations established under 
        paragraph (1) shall be in effect until the date on which the 
        final rule required under subsection (b)(1)(D) takes effect.

SEC. 5. SAFETY NET ADDITIVE.

    The Commission shall amend section 36.605(a) of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations (relating to adjustments to high-cost loop support 
for rural rate-of-return carriers) to provide that, beginning on 
January 1, 2012, the calculation of safety net additive support for a 
rural rate-of-return carrier shall include all just and reasonable 
investments made by the carrier prior to 2012.

SEC. 6. WAIVERS.

    (a) In General.--The Commission shall apply the criteria and 
standards under this section when considering a petition for a waiver 
submitted by a rural carrier negatively affected by a revision adopted 
in the Transformation Order.
    (b) Reasonable Opportunity To Recover Costs.--The Commission shall 
grant a petition for a waiver described in subsection (a) if the 
Commission determines a waiver is necessary to ensure that the 
requesting rural carrier is afforded a reasonable opportunity to 
recover the costs of providing universal service, including an 
equitable return on the investments the rural carrier made to provide 
universal service.
    (c) Time Limit for Consideration of Waiver Petition.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Commission receives a petition for a waiver, the 
        Commission shall grant or deny the petition.
            (2) Failure to act within time limit.--If the Commission 
        fails to make a determination on a petition for a waiver prior 
        to the expiration of the time period set forth under paragraph 
        (1), the Commission shall be deemed to have granted the 
        petition.
            (3) Waiver petitions filed before effective date.--The 
        Commission shall reconsider, in accordance with this section, 
        any petition for a waiver relating to a revision to a 
        regulation adopted in the Transformation Order that--
                    (A) was submitted to the Commission during the 
                period beginning on November 18, 2011, and ending on 
                the day before the effective date of this Act; and
                    (B) is denied by the Commission.
    (d) Denial of Waiver Petition.--If the Commission denies a petition 
for a waiver, in whole or in part, the Commission shall identify with 
specificity--
            (1) any operating expenses of the requesting carrier that 
        the Commission determines unreasonable;
            (2) any investments made by the requesting carrier that the 
        Commission determines are not used and useful in the provision 
        of universal service; and
            (3) the underlying basis for any determination under 
        paragraph (1) or (2).

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

Answer:
Rural Broadband Investment Act of 2013 or the RBI Act of 2013 - Suspends regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that resulted in a revised method of determining levels of support for rural telephone carriers under the Universal Service Fund by allowing study area unseparated loop cost to be limited annually pursuant to a schedule announced by the Wireline Competition Bureau. (Thus, eliminates a distribution analysis method provided for in the FCC's Transformation Order known as the Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of the Federal Communications Commission adopted on October 27, 2011.) Requires the FCC to initiate a rulemaking to adopt a revised proposal for rural support that does not deprive a rural rate-of-return carrier (a rural telephone company that is an incumbent local exchange carrier not subject to price cap regulation) of the opportunity to recover reasonable investments and operating expenses incurred prior to the proposal's adoption. Directs the FCC, to the extent required under the Communications Act of 1934, to consult with: (1) the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; and (2) if the limitations in the proposal submitted by the FCC to such Board result in a revision of the jurisdictional allocation of expenses, the Federal-State Joint Board on Separations. Directs the FCC to submit to Congress: (1) the revised proposal for rural support published in the notice of proposed rulemaking, and (2) a report that describes the amount of universal service funding necessary to achieve universal service objectives during the next 10 years. Requires the report to include a quantitative and qualitative analysis as well as an identification of the unique circumstances and resulting high-cost loop support required to provide and maintain universal service in Alaska and on tribal lands.  Sets forth interim limitations on study area total unseparated loop costs that are to apply until the final rule takes effect. Directs the FCC to amend regulations relating to high-cost loop support adjustments for rural rate-of-return carriers to require, beginning on January 1, 2012, the calculation of safety net additive support for such a carrier to include all just and reasonable investments made by the carrier prior to 2012.  Requires the FCC to grant a petition for a waiver submitted by a rural carrier negatively affected by a revision adopted in the October 2011 Transformation Order if such a waiver is necessary to ensure that the carrier is afforded a reasonable opportunity to recover the costs of providing universal service, including an equitable return on investments.