1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Miners Pension Protection Act . 2. Transfers to 1974 UMWA Pension Plan (a) In general Subsection (i) of 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 paragraph (3)(A), by striking $490,000,000 and inserting $750,000,000 ; (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5)