Nuclear Calendar -- May 19, 2014 FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee On National Legislation
May 20, 2014 |
May 18-21 | Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, "DC Days." Washington. Register online. |
May 19-20 | Indonesia hosts an international conference on promoting the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Jakarta, Indonesia |
Week of May 19 | Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the military and security developments involving China (estimate) (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). Delayed from March 1. Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website. |
Week of May 19 or June | Senate floor votes on the nominations of Christine Wormuth to be Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Brian McKeon to be Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Madelyn Creedon to be Principal Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration, Frank Rose to be Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, Adam Scheinman to be Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Robert Wood to be Representative to the Conference on Disarmament (possible). |
May 20 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gordon Chang; World Affairs Journal; Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center; and Ed Timberlake, "China's Rise, U.S. Deterrent Challenges: The Realities of the Second Nuclear Age." Part of theHuessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
May 20 | Noon-1:00 p.m., Matthew Kroenig, Georgetown University, "A Time to Attack: The Looming Iranian Nuclear Threat." Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on theHeritage website. |
May 20 | 1:00-2:30 p.m., Oliver Meier, German Institute for International and Security Affairs; Anne Finger, University of Hamburg; Nikolai Sokov, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation; and Gregor Enste, Heinrich Böll Foundation, "The Future of Arms Control." Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, Donau-City Strasse 6, Andromeda Tower, Floor 13, Vienna. RSVP online. |
May 20 | 2:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 2289, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
May 20 | 5:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, markup of its portion of the National Defense Authorization Act,S. 2289, which includes the nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
May 20-22 | House of Representatives floor action on the National Defense Authorization Act,H.R. 4435, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
May 21 | 12:15-1:45 p.m., Glyn Davies, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, "U.S. Policy Toward North Korea." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library. Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. RSVP online. |
May 21 | 2:30-9:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Committee begins markup of the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 2289, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
May 22 | 8:30-9:30 a.m., Rep. Jim Cooper (TN) and Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident and the Illusion of Safety, "Nuclear Weapons: How Safe is Safe?" Sponsored by Ploughshares Fund. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP by |
May 22 | 9:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Committee continues and may finish markup of the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 2289, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
May 22 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Ward Wilson, British American Security Information Council, "Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons." Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, VCDNP Conference Room, Donau-City-Strasse 6, Andromeda Tower, Floor 13, Vienna. RSVP online. |
May 23 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Stephen Blank, American Foreign Policy Council, and Mark Schneider, National Institute for Public Policy, "New Trends in Russian Nuclear Defense Strategy" and "Russian Nuclear Modernization and Security Challenges for the U.S." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
May 23 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee continues, if necessary, markup of the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 2289, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
May 23 | 1:15-4:30 p.m., Wallace Gregson, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs; Gen. Seung Jo Jung; South Korean Army (retired); Joseph Bosco, Center for Strategic and International Studies; David Maxwell, Georgetown University; and Larry Niksch, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "The Korean Peninsula Issues and U.S. National Security." Sponsored by Institute for Corean-American Studies. 345 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 23-27 | House of Representatives Memorial Day recess. |
May 24-June 1 | Senate Memorial Day recess. |
May 25 | 1:00-4:30 p.m., Alena Gajdůšková, Vice President, Czech Senate; Angela Kane, U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs; Dana Váhalová, Inter-Parliamentary Union; Alyn Ware, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament; Marek Jukl, Czech Red Cross; and Jana Jedličková, PragueVision Institute, "Security Without Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament and PragueVision Institute for Sustainable Security. Senate Plenary Hall, Czech Parliament, Prague. RSVP by |
May 26 | 4:00-6:00 p.m., Hans Blix, former Director General of the IAEA; Gudrun Harrer,Der Standard; Laura Rockwood, Harvard University; and Jacques Baute, Director of IAEA Safeguards Information Management, "Dismantling the Iraqi Nuclear Program: The Inspections of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 1991-1998." Sponsored by Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, and the Verification, Research, Training and Information Center. At Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, Donau-City Strasse 6, Andromeda Tower, Floor 13, Vienna. RSVP online. |
May 26 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
May 26 | 10th anniversary of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Global Threat Reduction Initiative, a program to secure nuclear bomb grade material around the world. |
May 27 | 6:30-8:15 p.m., Hossein Mousavian, former head of Foreign Relations Committee of Iran’s National Security Council; Suzanne DiMaggio, New America NYC; and Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor, "Iran and the U.S.: Testing the Possibilities." Sponsored by New America Foundation. At CORE: Club, 66 E. 55th St., New York. RSVPonline. |
May 27 | 6:30-8:30 p.m., Gareth Porter, investigative journalist and historian, "Iranian Nuclear Negotiations." Sponsored by Committee for the Republic. At the Metropolitan Club, 1700 H St., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 28 | 8:30 a.m., Atlantic Council, "The United States and Global Missile Defense," with 20 speakers. Atlantic Council, 1030 15th St., NW, 12th Floor, West Tower, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 30 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Cynthia Lummis (WY), "The Future of ICBMs and Strategic Deterrence." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
May 30 | House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). H-140 Capitol Building Washington (closed). |
May 30 | 6:45-9:30 p.m., Tomihisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki, "Leaning Forward to Peace." Sponsored by Nagasaki-NY 2015. At Church of Saint Agnes, 143 E. 43rd St., New York. Register online. |
May 31-June 8 | House of Representatives recess. |
May or June | Missile Defense Agency tests a more modern Ground-based Interceptor missile, called the CE-2, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, against an intermediate-range ballistic missile target launched from Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. |
June 1 | An independent review of the Defense Department's nuclear enterprise, chaired by Gen. Larry Welch (retired) and Adm. John Harvey (retired), submit their report to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. |
June 2-5 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
June 3 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Elbridge Colby, Center for a New American Security; and Maj. Gen. William Chambers (retired), Institute for Defense Analysis, "The Growing Challenges to U.S. Nuclear Deterrence and Assurance in the Asia-Pacific and Implications for U.S. Strategic Posture and Forces." Part of theHuessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
June 3 | 9:30 a.m., Hossein Mousavian, former head of Foreign Relations Committee of Iran’s National Security Council; and John Marks, Search for Common Ground, "U.S.-Iran Relations Past Present and Future." Atlantic Council, 1030 15th St., NW, Floor 12, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 3 | 6:30-8:00 p.m., Hossein Mousavian, former head of Foreign Relations Committee of Iran’s National Security Council; and Gary Sick, former principal White House aide for Iran, "Iran and the U.S.: Where Things Stand." Asia Society Policy Institute, 725 Park Ave., New York. Register online. Webcast on the Asia Society website. |
June 3-4 | Defese Secretary Chuck Hagel attends a NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels. |
June 3-4 | Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), "2014 Summer Conference." Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 700 East Ave., Livermore, CA. RSVP online. |
June 4 | 3:00-4:30 p.m., Vipin Narang, MIT, and Peter Lavoy, former acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, "Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: India, Pakistan, China and the Future of Deterrence Stability." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, Floor 12, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 4 | 5:30 p.m., Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR.), "The Risks and Costs of Nuclear Weapons." First Unitarian Church, Buchan Reception Hall, 1226 S.W. Salmon St., Portland, OR. RSVP online. |
June 4-5 | President Obama attends a G-7 summit. Brussels. |
June 5 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., John Harvey, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense; and Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), "Nuclear Proliferation, Deterrence, and Arms Control and the NNSA Enterprise." Part of theHuessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
June 6 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. David Mann, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, "Global and Layered Missile Defense Perspectives." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
June 6 | 25th anniversary of the FBI raid on the Rocky Flats Plant, a former nuclear weapons plant near Boulder, CO, for environmental violations. |
June 9 | House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, markup of the State and foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). H-140 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
June 11 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Mike Rogers (AL), "House Perspectives on Missile Defense and Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
June 11 | 9:00-10:30 a.m., Vahid Majidi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters, "PONI Breakfast with Dr. Vahid Majidi." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Sarah Weiner by email. |
June 13 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Vice Adm. Terry Benedict, Director, Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs, "The Ohio Replacement Program and the Sea-based Deterrent." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
June 15 | House Appropriations Committee, markup of the State and foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
June 17 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Force, "Current Triad Requirements and Future Challenges." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
June 18 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Adm. Cecil Haney, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "The Strategic Nuclear Triad and Missile Defense Contributions to U.S. Security." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
June 20 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Larry Welch (retired), Institute for Defense Analyses, "Enduring Deterrent Truths and American Security Needs." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
June 20 | 1:30-4:30 p.m., Department of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Interim Advisory Board, "Ohio Town Hall Meeting. Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local 577 Hall, 1236 Gallia St., Portsmouth, OH. |
June 24 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, Commander, U.S. Global Strike Command, "U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command: Five Years of Moving Forward." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
June 24 | Special election for the Florida 19th Congressional District, to replace former Rep. Trey Radel. |
June 25 | 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research, "The Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction: Prospects and Challenges," with eight speakers. World Meteorological Building, Second Floor, Avenue de la Paix, Geneva. RSVP to Tae Takahashi by |
June 26 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Christopher Ford, Senate Appropriations Committee; James Acton, Carnegie Endowment; and Matthew Kroenig, Georgetown University, "Nuclear Proliferation in Iran: The Right Nuclear Triad, BMD, Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Responses." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
June 27-July 7 | House of Representatives Independence Day recess. |
June 28 | Ramadan begins at sunset. Through July 28. |
June 28-July 6 | Senate Independence Day recess. |
June | House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. May be webcast on Ustream. |
June | House Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website. |
June | Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
June | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
Summer or Fall | Senate floor action on the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 2289. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
July 7-9 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Charles Ferguson, Federation of American Scientists; Christopher Bidwell, Federation of American Scientists; Gregory Koblentz, George Mason University; Bruce MacDonald, U.S. Institute of Peace; and Keith Ward, formerly Federal Bureau of Investigation, "Short Course on CBRN Weapons, Science and Policy." Sponsored by Federation of American Scientists. At George Mason University, Arlington Campus, 3301 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA. Registeronline. |
Week of July 7 | Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
July 8 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rebeccah Heinrichs, Heritage Foundation; and Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution, "Russia, the EPAA Missile Defense, and Future Deterrence and Arms Control options." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
July 11 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, Rubincon, "Middle East Perspectives on Missile Threats and Global Missile Defense Responses." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
July 18 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rob Soofer, Senate Armed Service; and Leonor Tomero, House Armed Services Committee, "SASC and HASC Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense Budgets." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
July 20 | Interim agreement on Iran's nuclear program expires. |
July 28 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2014 begins. Through Sept. 12. Geneva. |
July | Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise submits its final report to Congress (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3166) (estimate). |
July-Sept. | India test launches the Agni V intercontinental ballistic missile (estimate). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
July-Sept. | India test launches the Agni VI intercontinental ballistic missile (estimate). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
Aug. 1-Sept. 7 | House of Representatives and Senate summer recess. (Senate recess begins Aug. 2.) |
Aug. 2 | 75th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt receiving the "Einstein-Szilárd Letter," warning about the prospect of an atomic bomb. |
Aug. 2-9 | Japan Council against A- & H-Bombs (GENSUIKYO), World Conference Against A- and H-Bombs. Hiroshima (Aug. 2-6) and Nagasaki (Aug. 8-9) |
Aug. 6 | 8:16 a.m., anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
Aug. 9 | 11:02 a.m., anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
Aug. 27-30 | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, World Congress. Astana, Kazakhstan. |
Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
Aug. 29 | 65th Anniversary of the Soviet Union’s first nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, now part of Kazakhstan. |
Aug. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM. |
Sept. 1 | Labor Day (holiday). |
Sept. 1 | Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress a biennial report on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and nuclear weapons in countries not party to the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2371). |
Sept. 4-5 | President Obama attends a NATO summit. Newport, Wales, United Kingdom. |
Sept. 8 | Federal agencies submit their initial budgets to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2016 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 2. |
Sept. 8-12 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Sept. 11 | Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
Sept. 15-19 | International Atomic Energy Agency, general conference. Vienna. |
Sept. 16-17 | University of Antwerp, “Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: The Role of Nuclear Security.” University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, Antwerp, Belgium. |
Sept. 18 | Scotland holds a referendum on becoming an independent state. |
Sept. 20-28 | House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess. |
Sept. 22 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Sept. 22 | 35th anniversary of the "Vela Incident," a nuclear explosion over the South Indian Ocean off the Cape of Good Hope, possibly conducted by South Africa with the assistance of Israel. |
Sept. 22-26 | International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna. |
Sept. 23 | ~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Broadcast on CNN, webcast on the U.N. website and may be webcast on the White House website. |
Sept. 24 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset. Through Sept. 26. |
Sept. 26 | International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. |
Sept. 29 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Sept. | Russian navy test launches its Bulava ballistic missile from the submarineAlexander Nevsky or Vladimir Monomakh. From the White Sea to targets at the Kura Test Range, Kamchatka, Russia. |
Fall | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons on entry into force of the treaty. City TBA, Hungary. |
Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
Oct. 1 | Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg takes office as NATO Secretary General. Brussels. |
Oct. 2 | U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) begins. Through Nov. 5. United Nations. |
Oct. 3 | Yom Kippur begins at sunset. Through Oct. 4. |
Oct. 3-Nov. 11 | House of Representatives Election Day recess. (The Senate recess has not been scheduled yet.) |
Oct. 4-11 | Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. "Keep Space for Peace Week." Various locations. |
Oct. 10 | 11:00 a.m. Norwegian time (5:00 a.m. EDT), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
Oct. 13 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
Oct. 13 | 15th anniversary of the U.S. Senate defeat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on a 48-51 vote. |
Oct. 16 | 50th anniversary of the first Chinese nuclear test. Lop Nur, China. |
Oct. 20-24 | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), "Symposium on International Safeguards: Linking Strategy, Implementation and People." IAEA Headquarters, Vienna. |
Oct. 30 | National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers. |
Nov. 4 | U.S. Election Day. |
Nov. 5 | U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) ends. United Nations. |
Nov. 9 | 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
Nov. 11 | Veterans Day (federal holiday). |
Nov. 15-16 | President Obama attends a G-20 summit. Brisbane, Australia. |
Nov. 20-23 | Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington, and on Capitol Hill. |
Nov. 21-30 | House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. |
Nov. 24-28 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Nov. 27 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
Nov. 27-30 | Senate Thanksgiving recess. |
Nov. | President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Beijing. |
Nov. | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization conducts a full-scale simulation of an on-site inspection, known as Integrated Field Exercise 2014. Southern Jordan, near the Dead Sea. |
Nov. or Dec. | Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(possible). Helsinki. |
Dec. 1 | Office of Management and Budget returns revised budgets, known as passbacks, to federal agencies for fiscal year 2016 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 2. |
Dec. 5 | 20th anniversary of the START I treaty entry into force. The treaty reduced the number of U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear weapons by 80 percent to 6,000 each. |
Dec. 6 | Runoff election for the Louisiana Senate seat, with Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) versus the Republican candidate. |
Dec. 8-9 | Austrian Foreign Ministry, third international conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. Vienna, |
Dec. 10 | 1:00 p.m. Norwegian time (7:00 a.m. EST), Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway. |
Dec. 12 | House of Representatives adjournment (tentative). |
Dec. 16 | Hanukkah begins at sunset. Through Dec. 24. |
Dec. 20 | Congressional Budget Office reports to Congress on the 10-year cost of maintaining U.S. nuclear weapons and delivery systems (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 1041). |
Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday). |
TBA | Russia test launches the new RS-26 Rubezh, intercontinental ballistic missile (possible). Kapustin Yar Missile Test Range, Russia, to the Sary Shagan Missile Test Range, Kazakhstan. |
TBA | Obama administration submits to Congress a revised U.S.-U.K. Mutual Defense Agreement, which expires as the end of 2014. |
TBA | North Korea conducts a fourth nuclear test, or more (possible). Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, North Korea. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for theSite-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
2015 | |
Jan. 1 | New Year's Day (holiday). |
Jan. 6 | Congress convenes (estimate). |
Jan. 19 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
Feb. 16 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
March 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the budget, objectives and metrics of the nuclear nonproliferation programs (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3145). |
March 14-17 | Friends Committee on National Legislation Spring Lobby Weekend. Washington. |
March 23-24 | Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
March-April | U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, meeting of governmental experts on a fissile material treaty. Geneva. |
March or April | Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller attends the sixth P5 conference. City TBA, United Kingdom. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in New York (April 27-May 22) is on the agenda. |
April 17-20 | Ecumenical Advocacy Days. DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton Washington DC-Crystal City, 300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. |
April 27-May 22 | Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty review conference. United Nations. |
May 7 | United Kingdom general election. |
TBA | Pope Francis visits the United States. |
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