Nuclear Calendar -- March 13, 2012 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation
March 13, 2012
March 9-18 | House of Representatives recess. |
March 13 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment, "The Non-Unitary, Irrational Actor Model and Deterrence Stability in South Asia." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP to Nate Cohn by |
March 13 | 2:00 p.m., Kenneth Luongo, Partnership for Global Security; William Tobey, Harvard University; Michelle Cann, Partnership for Global Security; and Kelsey Davenport, Arms Control Association, "Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit and Beyond." Sponsored by the Stanley Foundation. At the National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge, 13th Floor, 529 14th St., NW, Washington. Open to news media only. RSVP to Sean Harder by |
March 13-14 | British Prime Minister David Cameron meets with President Obama and other U.S. officials. Washington. |
March 14 | 10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Air Force budget. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March 14 | 2:30 p.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the Energy Department budget, with Energy Secretary Steven Chu, 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March 14 | 2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the budgets of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Energy Department's Office of Environmental Management, with Thomas P. D'Agostino, Administrator, NNSA; Donald Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, NNSA; Adm. Kirkland Donald, Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, NNSA; and David Huizenga, Senior Adviser for Environmental Management, Energy Department. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March 14 | 2:30 p.m., Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, hearing on “Managing Interagency Nuclear Nonproliferation Efforts: Are We Effectively Securing Nuclear Materials Around the World?” with Tom Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation; Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration; Kenneth Handelman, Principle Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs; Gene Aloise, Government Accountability Office; Page Stoutland, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and Kenneth Luongo, Partnership for Global Security. 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March 14 | 3:00-5:00 p.m., screening of Hibakusha, Our Life to Live. Northeastern University, Room 90, Snell Library, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston. |
March 15 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Navy budget, with Navy Secretary Raymond Mabus, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and Marine Corp Commandant Gen. James Amos. G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March 15 | 10:00-11:30 a.m., Barry Blechman and Ellen Laipson, Stimson Center, "Iran in Perspective: Holding Iran to Peaceful uses of Nuclear Technology" and "Engaging Iran on Afghanistan: Keep Trying." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP by |
March 15 | 12:15-1:30 p.m., Ebrahim Mohseni, University of Tehran, "The Iranian Nuclear Impasse: How Sanctions Affect Iran's Nuclear Policies." 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD. |
March 15 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Amb. Jan Petersen, Norway, "The IAEA Middle East Forum: Lessons Learned." Sponsored by the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Permanent Mission of Japan, Andromeda Tower, Donau-City Strasse 6, Floor 24, Vienna. RSVP by |
March 17-20 | Friends Committee on National Legislation, spring lobby weekend. Washington. For information, contact Matt Southworth by |
March 18 | 2:00 p.m., screening of Hibakusha, Our Life to Live. Masonic Lodge, 58 Monument Square, Concord, MA. |
March 18-21 | Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Washington. |
March 19 | Noon-4:00 p.m., Military Operations Research Society, "Analytic Dynamics of Deterrence and Non-proliferation." Washington Navy Yard, Catering and Conference Center, 1454 Parsons Ave., SE, Building 211, Washington. Open to U.S. citizens only. Register online. |
March 19 | 3:00-5:00 p.m., Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Strategic Studies; Amb. Cho Hyun, Korean Ambassador to Austria, and Kim Sang-jin, Korean Foreign Affairs Ministry, "North Korean Security Challenges and Changes: Focusing on the Nuclear Dimension." Sponsored by the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Permanent Mission of Japan, Andromeda Tower, Donau-City Strasse 6, Floor 24, Vienna. RSVP online. |
Week of March 19 | House Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution for fiscal year 2013 (estimate). 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March 20 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Air Force budget, with Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz. G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March 20 | 10:00 a.m.-noon, Alexander Glaser, Princeton University, "Facilitating Nuclear Disarmament: Verified Declarations of Fissile Material Stocks and Production." George Washington University, Lidner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP by |
March 20-22 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Bruce MacDonald and Michael Lekson, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), "China's Nuclear Posture, North Korea's Challenge and U.S. National Security." USIP, 2301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
March 21 | 2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on military space programs, with Madelyn Creedon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs; John Zangardi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Information Operations and Space; Robert Winokur, Director of Oceanography, Space, and Maritime Domain Awareness, Navy Department; Gen. William Shelton, Commander, Air Force Space Command; Lt. Gen. Richard Formica, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; and Cristina Chaplain, Government Accountability Office. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March 23 | 9:00-10:30 a.m., Togzhan Kassenova, Carnegie Endowment, "Kazakhstan and Global Nuclear Politics." George Washington University, Linder Family Commons, 1957 E St., NW, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
March 23 | 7:00 p.m., Helen Caldicott, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, "The Medical Implications of Fukushima, Nuclear Power and Nuclear Proliferation." Sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA. |
March 23-26 | Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, Arlington, VA (March 23-25), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (March 26). |
March 24 | 5:30 p.m., screening of Countdown to Zero. Part of the Environmental Film Festival. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD. Tickets may be purchased online. |
March 24-27 | J Street national conference. Washington. |
March 26 | House of Representatives floor action on the budget resolution for fiscal year 2013. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
March 26-27 | President Obama attends the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Seoul, South Korea. |
March 26-28 | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Missile Defense Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington (closed). |
March 29 | 3:00-4:30 p.m., Jan Lodal, former Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, “The Next Step in Arms Control: A Nuclear Control Regime.” Cosponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Daisy Alliance. Georgia Institute of Technology, Wardlaw Center, Gordy Room, 177 North Ave., Atlanta. RSVP online. |
March 29 | 4:30-8:30 p.m., Helen Caldicott, former president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, address with the awarding of the John C. and Chara C Haas Award for International Peace and Social Justice. Sponsored by the Project for Nuclear Awareness. WHYY Hamilton Public Commons, Independence Mall West, 150 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia. Register online. |
March 29 | President Obama determines whether the price and supply of oil is sufficient for foreign countries and companies to reduce significantly their purchases of oil from Iran (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1245). |
March 30 | 9:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Michael Adler, Wilson Center, and seven other speakers, "U.S. Policy Toward Iran: Prospects for Success--and for Failure." Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
March 30 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Roger Cashmore, Oxford University, "Nuclear Power, Spent Fuel Management and Best Practice for Nonproliferation." Wilson Center, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington |
March 30 | Conference on Disarmament first part for 2012 ends. Geneva. |
March 30-April 15 | House and Senate spring recess. (Senate recess begins March 31.) |
March 31 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110). |
March or April | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of James Miller to be Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March or April | Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Derek Chollet to be Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March or April | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Joseph Macmanus to be ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (estimate). 419 Dickson Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
March or April | Senate floor vote on the nomination of Mark Lippert to Assistant Defense Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (estimate). |
March or April | Defense Department completes its Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study (estimate). |
March or April | National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (estimate). |
March or April | National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and Congress on boost-phase missile defense (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232, date amended by Public Law 111-84, Sec. 239) (estimate). |
March or April | Iran resumes negotiations with the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany (P5+1) on its nuclear program. Ankara, Turkey. |
March or April | India test launches its new Agni V intermediate-range ballistic missile (estimate). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
April 2-20 | U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations. |
April 4 | 3:00 p.m., Screening of In my Lifetime. Goethe Institut, 812 7th St., NW, Washington. |
April 5 | Third anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons. |
April 6 | Good Friday. |
April 6 | Passover begins at sundown. Through April 13. |
April 8 | Easter. |
April 8 | Second anniversary of the signing of the New START Treaty by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Prague. |
April 9 | National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran. |
April 10-12 | U.S. Army War College Annual Strategy Conference, "The Future of U.S. Grand Strategy in an Age of Austerity: Challenges and Opportunity." U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA. RSVP online. |
April 11 | South Korean National Assembly elections. |
April 12 | Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress an annual report on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367 note). |
April 16 | 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Sam Nunn/Bank of America Policy Forum: Energy and Security: Global Challenges, Local Opportunities. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. |
April 16 | 25th anniversary of the Missile Technology Control Regime. |
April 17 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ), "Senate Perspectives on Iran, Missile Defense and Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
April 17 | 3:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the nuclear enterprise, with witnesses TBA. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
April 17 | Global Day of Action on Military Spending. |
April 18-20 | 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), "2012 PONI Spring Conference at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. |
April 22 | French presidential election (first round). |
April 24 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gary Samore, White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism, "WMD Proliferation Challenges " Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
April 28-May 6 | House and Senate recess. |
April 29 | 15th anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention entering into force. Also the due date for the United States and Russia to destroy their remaining stocks of chemical weapons. Both countries will miss the due date. |
April 30 | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Jurgen Scheffran, International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES); David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Rob van Riet, World Future Council (WFC), "Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change." Sponsored by INES and WFC. Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
April 30-May 11 | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Vienna. |
April | Senate Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution for fiscal year 2013. 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
April | International Atomic Energy Agency resumes inspections of North Korean nuclear sites (estimate). |
Late April or May | House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
Late April or May | House Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Late April or May | Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Late April or May | Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Capitol Hill, Washington. May be webcast on the committee website depending on room location. |
May 1 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Michael Pillsbury, former Assistant Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Planning, "PRC Strategic Options," and Stephen Blank, U.S. Army War College, "Russia, The Once and Future Nuclear Power." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual nuclear stockpile stewardship and management plan (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) and a plan for the modernization and refurbishment of the nuclear security complex (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 113). |
May 2 | 3:00-5:30 p.m., Peter Weiss, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), and five other speakers "Nuclear Weapons Convention." Sponsored by IALANA, the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
May 4 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Michael Turner (OH), "HASC Perspectives on Strategic Issues." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 4 | 3:00-5:50 p.m., Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation; Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; and Subrata Ghoshroy, MIT, "The Modernization of the Nuclear Arsenals: A New Arms Race?" Sponsored by International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms and the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility. Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
May 6 | French presidential election (second round if needed). |
May 7 | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Peter Becker, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA); Jean Marie Collin; Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; and Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists, "Nuclear Weapons in Europe and Nuclear Sharing." Sponsored by IALANA and the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility. Vienna International Centre, Room M2, Rotunda, Vienna. |
Week of May 7 | House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Room TBA, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. May be webcast on the committee website depending on room location. |
Week of May 7 or 14 | House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
May 9 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Robert Joseph, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "Nuclear Proliferation, Missile Defense and U.S. Security Policy." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 10 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, "Global Strike Command, Deterrence and U.S. Strategic Policy." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 11 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Frank Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Policy and Verification Operations, "European Phased Adaptive Approach and NATO Missile Defense." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 11 | 14th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India. |
May 14 | Conference on Disarmament second part for 2012 begins. Through June 29. Geneva. |
May 14-16 | Institute of Nuclear Materials and Management, "Evolving the IAEA State-Level Concept." University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. Register online. |
May 17 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Trent Franks (AZ), "EMP Solar Storms, Protecting the GRID and Missile Defense." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 18 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. William Chambers, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Force, "Strategic Modernization Challenges." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 18-19 | President Obama hosts a G-8 summit. Camp David, MD. |
May 18-19 | American Friends Service Committee, Peace Action and other organizations, NATO Counter-summit Conference. People's Church of Chicago, 941 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago. |
May 19-29 | House of Representatives Memorial Day recess. |
May 20-21 | President Obama hosts a NATO summit. Chicago. Adoption of the NATO Defense and Deterrence Posture Review is on the agenda. |
May 23 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Mark Schneider and Tom Scheber, National Institute for Public Policy, "Russian Nuclear Developments." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 24 | 10th anniversary of the signing of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, SORT, or Moscow Treaty, by President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow. |
May 25 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Larry Welch (retired), former Air Force Chief of Staff, "ICBM and Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
May 26-June 3 | Senate Memorial Day recess. |
May 28 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
May 28 | 14th anniversary of the first Pakistani nuclear test, "Chagai I." Chagai Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan. |
May 30-June 1 | House floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
June 1 | President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. |
June 2 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Abolition Day. |
June 4 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
June 6 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Chris Ford, former Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, "Verification of Nuclear Agreements," and Jeff Klinger, "North Korean Denuclearization." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 6 | 50th anniversary of the Council for a Livable World. Washington. |
June 8 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council, "Middle East Challenges, Iran and U.S. Security." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 9-17 | House of Representatives recess. |
June 10 | French National Assembly elections (first round). |
June 12 | Arizona special election to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8). |
June 12 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Iran Security Challenges." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 12 | 30th anniversary of a demonstration by one million people in support of the U.N. Special Session on Disarmament. Central Park, New York. |
June 13 | 10th anniversary of withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty by President George W. Bush. |
June 14 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen Jeff Sessions (AL), "Senate Outlook on Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defense and Proliferation Threats." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 15 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, former Israeli Ministry of Defense, "Missile Defense and Missile Threats: Middle East Developments." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 17 | French National Assembly elections (second round). |
June 18-22 | Nuclear Suppliers Group annual meeting. Seattle. |
June 22 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz (retired), Council on Foreign Relations, "Strategic Perspectives." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 28 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Next Steps in U.S.-Russian Army Contro," and Frank Miller, former National Security council staff, "U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Strategy " Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
June 28 | U.S. Navy and U.S. Strategic Command submit to Congress a report on the replacement of the Ohio-class ballistic submarine (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 242). |
June 28 | Sanctions go into effect against any foreign country or company that purchases petroleum products from Iran from this date on (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1245). |
June 28 | Energy Secretary submits to Congress a plan to prevent the proliferation of nuclear and radiological weapons (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 3122). |
June 28 | 25th anniversary of a chemical weapons attack on civilians at Sardasht, Iran by Iraq. |
June 29 | Conference on Disarmament second part for 2012 ends. Geneva. |
June 30-July 8 | House and Senate Independence Day recess. |
June | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
June | Russian Yury Dolgoruky is launched. It is the first submarine to carry the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile. Severodvinsk (on the White Sea), Russia. |
Summer | North Korea resumes six-party talks on its nuclear program with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and United States (estimate). Beijing. |
July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
July 6 | 50th anniversary of "Storax Sedan," an underground nuclear test conducted at the Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. The radioactive fallout from the test contaminated more U.S. residents than any other nuclear test and the Sedan Crater is the largest artificial crater in the United States. |
July 13 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Richard Formica, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, "Theater and Global Tiered Missile Defense." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
July 16-20 | Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva. |
July 18 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., David Tractenberg, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, "Security Challenges for a New Administration." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 20 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Terry Benedict, Director, Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs, "The Trident and Its Contribution to Deterrence." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 20 | Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 18. |
July 30 | Conference on Disarmament third part for 2012 begins. Through Sept. 14. Geneva. |
Aug. 1 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Steve Henry, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters, "Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Defense." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
Aug. 4-Sept. 9 | House and Senate summer recess. |
Aug. 6 | Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
Aug. 9 | Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
Aug. 13-16 | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Space and Missile Defense Conference. Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL. |
Aug. 27-30 | Republican National Convention. Tampa, FL. |
Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
Aug. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
Aug. | Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva. |
Sept. 1 | President Obama submits to Congress an annual Global Nuclear Security report on the security of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon material outside the United States (22 U.S. Code Sec. 3244 note). |
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. 3 | Labor Day (holiday). |
Sept. 3-6 | Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, NC. |
Sept. 8-9 | President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Vladivostok, Russia. |
Sept. 10 | Federal departments submit their initial budget requests to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2014 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 4. |
Sept. 10 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Sept. 11 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., John Foster, former director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "Nukes, Missile Defense and U.S. Security." Part of the Breakfast Series at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
Sept. 11 | Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
Sept. 14 | Conference on Disarmament third part for 2012 ends. Geneva. |
Sept. 15-18 | House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess. |
Sept. 16 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 18. |
Sept. 17-21 | International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna. |
Sept. 21 | International Day of Peace. |
Sept. 22 | 15th anniversary of the submission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to the Senate. Although the treaty was defeated in 1999, it remains on the Senate calendar. |
Sept. 22-30 | House of Representatives Yom Kippur recess. |
Sept. 23 | 20th anniversary of the last U.S. nuclear test, "Operation Julin Divider." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
Sept. 24 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Sept. 25 | ~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. 25 | Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 26. |
Sept. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
Sept. | Center for Energy and Security Studies, Moscow Nonproliferation Conference. Moscow. |
Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
Oct. 1 | 20th anniversary of Senate ratification of START I on a vote of 93-6. |
Oct. 1-31 | U.N. General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. |
Oct. 2 | 20th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium (Public Law 102-377, Sec. 507). |
Oct. 3 | Time TBA, first presidential debate. University of Denver. |
Oct. 6-Nov. 12 | House of Representatives election recess. |
Oct. 8 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
Oct. 11 | Time TBA, vice presidential debate. Centre College, Danville, KY. |
Oct. 12 | 5:00 a.m. EDT (11 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
Oct. 14-28 | 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
Oct. 16 | Time TBA, second presidential debate. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. |
Oct. 22 | Time TBA, third (and last) presidential debate. Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL. |
Oct. 24 | United Nations Day. |
Oct. 30 | National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers. |
Oct.-Dec. | Missile Defense Agency conducts a Ground-Based Interceptor test for the missile defense system. Reagan Test Site, Marshall Islands, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (tentative). |
Nov. 1 | 60th anniversary of "Ivy Mike," the first hydrogen bomb test. Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
Nov. 1 | Defense Department submits to Congress a report on the military power of the North Korea (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1236). |
Nov. 6 | U.S. Election Day. |
Nov. 12 | Veterans Day observed (federal holiday). |
Nov. 15-18 | Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day (Nov. 15) and annual meeting (Nov. 15-18). Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. |
Nov. 17-26 | House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. |
Nov. 22 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
Nov. 26 | Office of Management and Budget returns amended budget requests to federal departments for fiscal year 2014, known as budget passbacks. Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 4. |
Nov. 26-30 | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
Nov. 29 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
Nov. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories. |
Dec. 7-10 | House of Representatives Hanukkah recess. |
Dec. 8 | 25th anniversary of the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Washington. |
Dec. 8 | Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 16. |
Dec. 10-14 | Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva. |
Dec. 14 | Congress adjourns (tentative). |
Dec. 19 | South Korean presidential election. |
Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday). |
Dec. | Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based Interceptor missile 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, Central Pacific Ocean. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
TBA | Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Helsinki. |
TBA | Non-aligned Movement summit. Tehran, Iran. |
2013 | |
Jan. 1 | New Year's Day (holiday). |
Jan. 2 | Office of Management and Budget imposes $109 billion in across-the-board cuts, or sequestration, in discretionary spending for fiscal year 2013, including $55 billion in defense spending (Budget Control Act of 2011, Public Law 112-25). |
Jan. 21 | Inauguration Day. Washington. |
Jan. 21 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
Jan. 30 | Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367). |
Jan. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
Feb. 18 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
Feb. 18 | U.S.-Russian "Megatons to Megawatts" agreement expires. |
Feb. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
March 1 | Energy Secretary submits to Congress a report on nuclear test readiness 50 U.S. Code 2528. |
March 3-5 | American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington. |
March 6 | 10th anniversary of the ratification of SORT (Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty), or Moscow Treaty, by the Senate on a vote of 95-0. |
March 16 | 25th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attacks. Halabjah, Iraq. |
March 23 | 30th anniversary of President Reagan's "Star Wars" speech. |
March 29 | Good Friday. |
March 31 | Easter. |
TBA | Israeli general election (by Oct. 2013). |
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