operator rectifies the noncompliance with the payment plan in the manner specified in such payment plan. . (2) Applicability and effective date The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall apply to all unpaid civil penalty assessments under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), except that, for any unpaid civil penalty assessment that became a final order of the Commission or a court before the date of enactment of this Act, the time periods under section 110(l) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (as amended) ( 30 U.S.C. 820(l) ) shall be calculated as beginning on the date of enactment of this Act instead of on the date of the final order. IV Miners’ Rights and Protections 401. Protection from retaliation Section 105(c) ( 30 U.S.C. 815(c) ) is amended to read as follows: (c) Protection from retaliation (1) Retaliation prohibited (A) Retaliation for complaint or testimony No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against or cause to be discharged or cause discrimination against or otherwise interfere with the exercise of the statutory rights of any miner or other employee of an operator, representative of miners, or applicant for employment (including the spouse, sibling, child, or parent of such miner or employee, if such individual is employed or is applying for employment at a mine under the control of the operator), because— (i) such miner or other employee, representative, or applicant for employment— (I) has filed or made a complaint, or is about to file or make a complaint, including a complaint notifying the operator or the operator’s agent, or the representative of the miners at the coal or other mine of an alleged danger or safety or health violation in a coal or other mine