1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Miners Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Reinstatement of Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan provisions of Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq. ) is amended to read as if section 167 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as amended by section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114–254 , were not enacted. 3. Inclusion of certain retirees in the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan (a) In general Section 402 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 1232 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (h)(2)(C)— (A) by striking A transfer and inserting the following: (i) Transfer to the Plan A transfer ; (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and moving such subclauses 2 ems to the right; and (C) by striking the matter following such subclause (II) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following: (ii) Calculation of excess The excess determined under clause (i) shall be calculated by taking into account only— (I) those beneficiaries actually enrolled in the Plan as of the date of the enactment of the Miners Protection Act of 2017 who are eligible to receive health benefits under the Plan on the first day of the calendar year for which the transfer is made, other than those beneficiaries enrolled in the Plan under the terms of a participation agreement with the current or former employer of such beneficiaries