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AI Summary: This document is a policy document - specifically a final rule issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) making administrative updates to passenger train employee hours of service and recordkeeping regulations. This regulation makes administrative updates to existing regulations in 49 CFR Part 228, primarily involving technical changes such as updating web addresses, replacing specific penalty amount references with general references to civil monetary penalty ranges, and updating a reference to the definition of "person". The changes are primarily procedural and do not substantively alter the underlying regulations governing passenger train employee hours of service. The rule updates references to penalty amounts by directing readers to 49 CFR part 209, appendix A, where civil penalty amounts will be specified and updated for inflation. The regulation also updates the web address from www.fra.dot.gov to https://railroads.dot.gov/? and modifies the reference to the definition of "person" to be consistent with other FRA regulations. The rule is effective July 1, 2025, and was determined to be an administrative action that does not require public notice and comment procedures.