1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Miners Protection Act of 2017 . 2. 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 ), as amended by the Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017, is amended— (1) in subsection (h)(2)(C)— (A) by striking clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv); and (B) by inserting after clause (i) 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