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Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation
June 10, 2014
| June 9-10 | Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman continue talks with Iran over its nuclear program. Geneva. |
| June 10 | 8:45 a.m., 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. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. May be webcast on Ustream. |
| June 10 | 9:30 a.m., House Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| June 10 | 9:30-11:00 a.m., Stephen Hadley, U.S. Institute of Peace; Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association; Jon Wolfsthal, Center for Nonproliferation Studies; and Robert Litwak, Wilson Center, "Nuclear Flashpoints: U.S.-Iran Tensions Over Terms and Timetables." Wilson Center, Sixth Floor, Regan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 10 | 10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "Verifying Iran's Nuclear Compliance," with Stephen Rademaker, former Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and Nonproliferation; John Lauder, former director, Nonproliferation Center, Intelligence Community; Olli Heinonen, former deputy director general, International Atomic Energy Agency; and Joseph DeTrani, former director, National Counter Proliferation Center, Office of the Director of National Security. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| 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 Vahid Majidi." Off the record. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Sarah Weiner by email. |
| June 11 | 10:00 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on missile defense, with Vice Adm. James Syring, Director, Missile Defense Agency. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| June 11 | 12:30 p.m., Gro Nystuen, International Law and Policy Institute, Oslo, Norway, "Nuclear Weapons Under International Law." Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Conference Room, Donau-City-Strasse 6, Andromeda Tower, Floor 13, Vienna. RSVP online. |
| June 12 | 10:00 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on "Regional Implications of a Nuclear Deal with Iran," with Dennis Ross, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Scott Modell, Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Frederick Kagan, American Enterprise Institute. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| June 12 | 10:30 a.m., Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, hearing on "Securing Radiological Materials: Examining the Threat Next Door," with Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration; Huban Gowadia, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security; Mark Satorius, Executive Director for Operations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and David Trimble, Government Accountability Office. 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| June 12 | 6:00-8:00 p.m., Katrina vanden Heuvel, Cora Weiss, Rev. Galen Guengerich, Rev. Julie Johnson Staples, Van Gosse, Guy Quinlan, Alicia Godsberg, Peter Yarrow and WaFoo the Japanese jazz ensemble, "Honoring Jonathan Schell, 1943-2014." Sponsored by Peace Action Fund of New York State, All Souls Nuclear Disarmament and Peace and Justice Task Forces, Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office and The Nation Institute. At Unitarian Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Ave., New York. |
| 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 13 | 9:00 a.m.-noon, Colin Kahl, Center for a New American Security; and Georgetown University and University of Michigan debate teams, "Debate: War with Iran?" Sponsored by Center for a New American Security. At Willard InterContinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 16 | 12:30-3:00 p.m., Michael Krepon, Stimson Center; Lt. Gen. Vinay Shankar (retired), Indian Army; Vice Adm. A.K. Singh (retired) Indian Navy; Joshua White, Stimson Center; Vikram Singh, Center for American Progress; and Jayant Prasad, former Indian ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, "India’s Nuclear Policy and Regional Stability." Stimson Center, 12th Floor, 1111 19th St., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 16 | 2:00 p.m., Kenneth Katzman, Congressional Research Service, and Cornelius Adbahr, Carnegie Endowment, "How to Unwind Iran Nuclear Sanctions." Atlantic Council, 1030 15th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Week of June 16 | 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 16-20 | Iran and the P5+1 continue talks on a nuclear agreement. Vienna. |
| Week of June 16 or 23 | House Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| 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 17 | 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 17 | Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operation, markup of the State and foreign operations 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 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 19 | Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration, and of the State and foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| 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 22 | 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. |
| Week of June 23 | House of Representatives floor action on the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| 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. Air Force Association Boardroom, 1501 Lee Highway, Fourth Floor, Arlington, VA. RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
| June 24 | Special election for the Florida 19th Congressional District, to replace former Rep. Trey Radel. |
| June 24-25 | Secretary of State John Kerry attends a NATO foreign ministers meeting. Brussels. |
| June 24-25 | Finland, Arab countries, Iran, Israel, Russia, United Kingdom and United States meet to continue discussions on a conference on a WMD-free zone in the Middle East. Geneva. |
| 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 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 | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| June or July | 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). |
| 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. |
| 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 8 | 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 10 | Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 25 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, U.S. Strategic Command, "Deterrence Matters." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
| July 28 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2014 begins. Through Sept. 12. Geneva. |
| July | House of Representatives floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| 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. |
| Week of Sept. 22 or 29 | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with President Obama. White House, Washington. |
| 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 submarineVladimir Monomakh. From the White Sea to targets at the Kura Test Range, Kamchatka, Russia. |
| Fall | Senate floor action on the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 2289. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| 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. 20-22 | Center for Energy and Security Studies, "Moscow Nonproliferation Conference." |
| 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. | Russian navy test launches its Bulava ballistic missile from the submarine Yuri Dolgorukiy. From the White Sea to targets at the Kura Test Range, Kamchatka, Russia. |
| 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. 6-7 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Civil Society Forum, Vienna. |
| 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. 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. 1 | Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories makes its initial report. |
| 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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