Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 -- Friends Committee On National Legislation

Feb. 18-26	House and Senate Presidents Day recess.
Feb. 20	7:00 p.m., Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council, book discussion of A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran. Politics & Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington.
Feb. 20	Presidents Day (federal holiday).
Feb. 21	10:45 a.m.-noon, Hans Blix, former Director General of the IAEA; Colin Kahl, former Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East; Robert Kelley, former Chief Inspector for the IAEA in Iraq; and Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council, "The Iranian Nuclear Dilemma: Risk of an Iraq Sequel?" Sponsored by the National Iranian American Council. B339 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP by email.
Feb. 21	12:30-2:00 p.m., Gregory Koblentz, George Mason University, "Regime Security: A New Model for Understanding the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction." National Defense University, Lincoln Hall, Suite 2400, 260 5th Ave., SW, Washington. RSVP to Nina Gerami by email.
Feb. 21-22	International Atomic Energy Agency continues discussions with Iranian officials on its nuclear program. Tehran.
Feb. 21-28	40th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China.
Feb. 22	10:00-11:30 a.m., Amb. Donald Mahley, U.S. Special Negotiator for Nonproliferation, "The Rest of the Story: Chemical and Biological Weapons." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 130, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA.
Feb. 22	8:00 p.m. EST/6:00 p.m. MST, Republican presidential debate. Mesa, AZ. Broadcast on CNN.
Feb. 22	Fifth anniversary of the Defense Department's cancellation of the "Divine Strake" nuclear test simulation, using conventional explosives. Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site.
Feb. 23	Noon-1:30 p.m., George Quester, University of Maryland, "The Last Time We Were at Nuclear Zero." Wilson Center, Fifth Floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by email.
Feb. 23	12:15-1:30 p.m., David Mosher, Congressional Budget Office, "Defense Budgets in a Period of Austerity." University of Maryland, 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD.
Feb. 23	3:30-5:00 p.m., Benoit Pelopidas, Stanford University, "The Renunciation of Nuclear Weapons as a Historical Possibility." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA.
Feb. 23	5:30-6:30 p.m., Bob Schieffer, CBS News; Gen. James Cartwright (retired), former Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman; Adm. William Fallon (retired), former Commander, U.S Central Command; and David Sanger, New York Times, "Iran: U.S. Policy Options." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. RSVP by email.
Feb. 23	6:00 p.m., George Shultz, former Secretary of State; William Perry, former Defense Secretary; and former Sen. Sam Nunn, "The Nuclear Chessboard, 2012." Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., Second Floor, San Francisco. Register online.
Feb. 23	7:00 p.m., Daniel Ellsberg, former RAND analyst who released the Pentagon Papers, "Nuclear Weapons and Humanity's Future." Sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara, CA.
Feb. 23	Glyn Davies, U.S. Special Representative for North Korean Policy, meets with Kim Kye Gwan, North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister. Beijing.
Feb. 24	9:30-11:30 a.m., Jeff Kaplow, University of California San Diego; Robert Brown, Temple University; Shaheen Dewji, Georgia Tech; and Trevor Findlay, Carleton University, "IAEA Governance and Reform." UC Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Laura Martin by email.
Feb. 24	Noon, Women’s Intentional League for Peace and Freedom, protest against an ICBM test launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, 262 N. Douglas St., El Segundo, CA.
Feb. 24	1:30-3:00 p.m., Brian Finlay, Stimson Center; Jane Nakano, Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Heigo Sato, Takusyoku University, "New Nuclear Agenda: Prospects for U.S.-Japan Cooperation." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP by Feb. 22 by email.
Feb. 24	11:55 p.m.-1:15a.m., United for Peace and Justice, protest against an ICBM test launch. Vandenberg Air Force Base, front gate, north of Lompoc, CA.
Feb. 25	Time TBA, U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, toward the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Central Pacific Ocean.
Feb. 27	6:00-8:00 p.m., Suzanne Maloney, Brookings Institution, and Michael Rubin, American Enterprise Institute, "PONI Debates the Issues: Sanctioning Iran." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. RSVP to David Slungaard by email.
Week of Feb. 27	Senate floor vote on the nomination of Mark Lippert to Assistant Defense Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (possible).
Feb. 28	9:30 a.m., Senate Budget Committee, hearing on the Defense Department budget, with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey. 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Feb. 28	2:00 p.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the Energy Department budget, with Energy Secretary Steven Chu. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
Feb. 28	2:00 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the State Department budget, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Feb. 28	Arizona and Michigan Republican presidential primaries.
Feb. 29	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) weapons activities budget, with Thomas D'Agostino, NNSA Administrator; Donald Cook, NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs; and Brig. Gen. Sandra Finan, NNSA Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator for Military Application. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
Feb. 29	2:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on the State Department budget, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Feb. 29	3:00-5:00 p.m., screening of In My Lifetime: A Presentation of The Nuclear World Project, followed by a discussion with Robert Frye, the film's director. Stanford University, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA.
Feb. 29	5:30 p.m., Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council, "Iran: What Options are Left for the U.S.?" Sponsored by the Women's Foreign Policy Group. At FHI 360, Eight Floor, 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington. Register online.
Feb. 29	Sanctions come into effect against any foreign company that does business with the Central Bank of Iran (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1245).
Feb. 29-March 1	9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Bruce MacDonald and Michael Lekson, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), "Iran and Pakistan's Nuclear Proliferation Challenges." USIP, 2301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington. Register online.
Feb. or March	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 1	12:15-1:30 p.m., Jonathon Pollack, Brookings Institution, "North Korea and Nuclear Weapons: The Never-Ending Saga." University of Maryland, 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD.
March 1	12:15-2:00 p.m., Robert Brown, Project on Managing the Atom, "Controlling the 'Absolute Weapon': Delegation, Legitimacy and Authority at the IAEA." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA.
March 1	1:00 p.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Navy and Marine Corps budget, with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast.
March 1	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the military power of China (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website.
March 1	Defense Department, with the Director of National Intelligence, submits to Congress a report on the nuclear forces of Russia and the New START Treaty (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1240).
March 1	Defense Department, with the National Nuclear Security Administration, submits to Congress a biennial report on the nuclear triad (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 1054).
March 1	Defense and Energy Departments submit to Congress a report on the criteria and the methodology determining the safety and security of nuclear weapons (Public Law 111-383, Sec. 1063).
March 1	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a report (A) assessing the role of the nuclear security complex sites in supporting-- (i) a safe, secure and reliable nuclear deterrent; (ii) reductions in the nuclear stockpile; and (iii) nuclear nonproliferation efforts; and (B) identifying opportunities for efficiencies and cost savings (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 3123).
March 1	48th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear test "Castle Bravo," which was the largest U.S. nuclear explosion. Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.
March 2	10:00-11:30 a.m., Robert Gallucci, MacArthur Foundation; Suzanne Maloney, Brookings Institution; Jonathan Pollack, Brookings Institution; and Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution, "Countering Proliferation: The Challenge of the Nuclear Rogues." Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 2	Noon-2:00 p.m., Edward Ifft, Georgetown University, and Jenifer Mackby, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "CTBT Verification: Assessing Current Capabilities." EastWest Institute, 20th Floor, 11 E. 26th St., New York. RSVP by Feb. 28 by email.
March 2	Iranian parliamentary elections.
March 3	Washington Republican presidential caucuses.
March 4	Noon-1:30 p.m. and 2:15-3:45 p.m., American Israel Public Action Committee (AIPAC), "Nuclear Near East: Nuclear Proliferation in the Arab World." Part of the AIPAC annual policy conference. Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
March 4	Russian presidential election.
March 5	1:15-2:45 p.m., American Israel Public Action Committee (AIPAC), "Stopping Iran: Can the West End Iran's Nuclear Drive?" and 1:15-2:45 p.m. and 3:15-4:30 p.m., "Nuclear Intentions: Why Iran Really Wants Nukes" and "Do Sanctions Work? Preventing a Nuclear Iran." Part of the AIPAC annual policy conference. Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
March 5	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
March 6	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Air Force budget, with Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast.
March 6	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) nuclear nonproliferation and naval reactors budgets, with Thomas D'Agostino, NNSA Administrator; Anne Harrington, NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; and Adm. Kirkland Donald, NNSA Director of Naval Reactors. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
March 6	3:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on missile defense, with witnesses TBA. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 6	"Super Tuesday," with presidential caucuses and primaries in Alaska (Republican), Colorado (Democratic), Georgia, Idaho (Republican), Massachusetts, Minnesota (Democratic), North Dakota (Republican), Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, Virgin Islands (Republican), Virginia, and Wyoming (Republican). Note: Presidential caucuses and primaries after Super Tuesday are not listed.
March 7-8	G-8 Nuclear Safety and Security Group meeting. Washington.
March 8	1:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the space budget, with witnesses TBA. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 9	11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Maj. Gen. William Chambers, Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, "Nuclear Deterrence in the Post, Post-Cold War Era." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. RSVP to Stephanie Spies by email.
March 9-18	House of Representatives recess.
March 11	First anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident. Fukushima, Japan.
March 12	6:00-8:00 p.m., Matthew Kroenig, Council on Foreign Relations, and Colin Kahl, Center for New American Security, "PONI Debates the Issues: Iran Strikes." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. RSVP to David Slungaard by email.
March 12	Due date for comments on the scope of the Energy Department's Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Comments can be submitted by email.
March 13-14	British Prime Minister David Cameron meets with President Obama and other U.S. officials. Washington.
March 14	Time TBA, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the Energy Department budget, with Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 15	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Navy budget, with Raymond Mabus, Navy Secretary; Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. James Amos, Marine Corp Commandant. G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 17-20	Friends Committee on National Legislation, spring lobby weekend. Washington. For information, contact Matt Southworth by email.
March 18-21	Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Washington.
March 19	Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Portland, OR. Broadcast on PBS.
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 20-22	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	Time TBA, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) budget, with Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, NNSA. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
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 26-27	President Obama attends the 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	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	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	India test launches its new Agni V intermediate-range ballistic missile (estimate). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India.
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	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	Iran resumes negotiations with the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany (P5+1) on its nuclear program. Ankara, Turkey.
April 2-20	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.
April 6	Good Friday.
April 6	Passover begins at sundown. Through April 13.
April 8	Easter.
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 and 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	25th anniversary of the Missile Technology Control Regime.
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 22	French presidential election (first round).
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-May 11	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Vienna.
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.
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.
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 6	French presidential election (second round if needed).
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 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 15-19	President Obama hosts a G-8 summit. Chicago.
May 18-19	American Friends Service Committee and other organizations, NATO Counter-summit Conference. 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 NATO summit agenda.
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 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 4	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
June 6	50th anniversary of the Council for a Livable World. Washington.
June 9-17	House of Representatives recess.
June 10	French National Assembly elections (first round).
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 17	French National Assembly elections (second round).
June 27	Sanctions are imposed against any Central Bank that purchases petroleum products from Iran from this date on (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1245).
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	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	Arizona special election to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8).
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 16	Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
July 16-20	Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva.
July 20	Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 18.
July 30	Conference on Disarmament third part for 2012 begins. Through Sept. 14. Geneva.
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	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.
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. 15-28	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).
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 observed (federal holiday in 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.	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.

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