Legislative Research: US SB3473 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress Senate Bill 3473 (Prior Session Legislation)

Other Sessions

Session	Title/Description	Last Action
2025-2026 119th Congress (Introduced)	A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive. [SB3473 2025 Detail][SB3473 2025 Text][SB3473 2025 Comments]	2025-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2023-2024 118th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	A bill to extend the prohibition on providing airport improvement grant funds to certain entities that have violated intellectual property rights of United States entities. [SB3473 2023 Detail][SB3473 2023 Text][SB3473 2023 Comments]	2023-12-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2021-2022 117th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	A bill to authorize funding for the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Center for the Aging Network in order to demonstrate the impact of the aging network on the health and independence of older individuals and to foster innovation in such net... [SB3473 2021 Detail][SB3473 2021 Text][SB3473 2021 Comments]	2022-01-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2019-2020 116th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Requires air carriers (including foreign carriers) to ensure equal access to airline information and entertainment programming for all airline passengers regardless of their disabilities. Specifically, the bill requires open captioning and an America... [SB3473 2019 Detail][SB3473 2019 Text][SB3473 2019 Comments]	2020-03-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2017-2018 115th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Qualified Health Savings Account Distribution Act of 2018 [SB3473 2017 Detail][SB3473 2017 Text][SB3473 2017 Comments]	2018-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2015-2016 114th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Death Gratuity Equity Act of 2016 This bill requires federal agencies to pay a death gratuity of $100,000 per employee for the death of civilian employees resulting from injuries sustained in the line of duty that did not result from natural causes o... [SB3473 2015 Detail][SB3473 2015 Text][SB3473 2015 Comments]	2016-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6486)
2011-2012 112th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Sequestration Prevention Act of 2012 - Title I: Fully Repeal the Sequestration Provision of Round 2 of the Budget Control Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm--Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budge... [SB3473 2011 Detail][SB3473 2011 Text][SB3473 2011 Comments]	2012-08-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Legislative Citation

APA

US SB3473 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress. (2012, August 01). LegiScan. Retrieved July 07, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB3473/2011

MLA

"US SB3473 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 01 Aug. 2012. Web. 07 Jul. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB3473/2011>.

Chicago

"US SB3473 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress." August 01, 2012 LegiScan. Accessed July 07, 2026. https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB3473/2011.

Turabian

LegiScan. US SB3473 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress. 01 August 2012. https://legiscan.com/US/bill/SB3473/2011 (accessed July 07, 2026).

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Intergovernmental relations
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Medicaid
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Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance

Same As/Similar To

Bill	Relationship	Date	Title	Last Action
HB5	Related	2012-04-16	Protecting Access to Healthcare Act	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 353.
HB1943	Related	2011-07-11	Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
HB3586	Related	2011-12-14	Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
HB6389	Same As	2012-09-19	Sequestration Prevention Act of 2012	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
HB157	Related	2011-02-01	Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB1099	Related	2011-03-29	Taxpayers' Freedom of Conscience Act of 2011	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
HB5838	Related	2012-06-05	Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2012	Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
SB192	Related	2011-01-27	Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4.
SB218	Related	2011-01-27	Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.