1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act . 2. Surface coal mining bonding Section 509 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 1259 ) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: (c) Alternative Bonding System The Secretary may approve as part of a State or Federal program an alternative system that will— (1) achieve the objectives and purposes of the bonding program pursuant to this section; and (2) result in no greater risk of financial liability to the Federal Government or a State government than the bonding program under this section. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) Self-Bonding (1) Federal programs (A) In general Effective on the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary— (i) may not accept the bond of the applicant itself (referred to in this subsection as a self-bond ); but (ii) may accept a separate surety or collateral bond, consistent with the terms under subsection (b). (B) Existing self-bonds For coal mining operations covered by a self-bond accepted by the Secretary prior to the date of enactment of this subsection, the permittee shall replace the self-bond with another form of bond acceptable to the Secretary under this section by not later than the earlier of— (i) the date of renewal of the permit under section 506(d); and (ii) the date of any major permit modification under section 506. (2) State programs (A) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall notify all State regulatory authorities that allow applicants to self-bond that the approved regulatory programs of the State regulatory authority must be amended— (i) to remove the authority for applicants to self-bond