1. Short title; table of contents (a) In general This Act may be cited as the Federal Records Modernization Act of 2017 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Removal for deliberate destruction of Federal records. Sec. 3. Use of non-official electronic messaging accounts. Sec. 4. Reporting of the loss or potential loss of records. Sec. 5. Senior Agency Official for Records Management. Sec. 6. Retention of electronic correspondence. Sec. 7. Federal Register modernization. Sec. 8. Statutory protection for National Archives and Records Administration volunteers. 2. Removal for deliberate destruction of Federal records (a) In general Chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after subchapter V the following: VI Federal Records 7551. Definitions In this subchapter the following definitions apply: (1) Employee The term employee means— (A) an individual in the competitive service who is not serving a probationary or trial period under an initial appointment or who has completed 1 year of current continuous employment in the same or similar positions under other than a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or less; or (B) a career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who— (i) has completed the probationary period prescribed under section 3393(d) of this title