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This amendment would stop a comprehensive local solution to a major and very costly problem in the Klamath River Basin.

If passed, the bill would require air carriers to provide adequate food, water, temperature controls, ventilation and working toilets during excessive delays, and offer passengers the option to deplane after three or more hours on the ground.

Among the items listed in the bill are a "three-hour" provision that would require airlines to offer passengers the option to exit the plane if it has been stalled on the tarmac for longer than three hours.

The Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center was created by the U.S.