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Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation

May 11, 2015

Scheduled national and international events related to nuclear weapons and proliferation issues.

April 27-May 22	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. United Nations. Portions webcast on the U.N. website. A listing of side events is on the U.N. website and the Reaching Critical Will website.
May 2-11	House of Representatives recess.
May 11	9:30-11:00 a.m., Xu Weidi, China National Defense University, and Wu Riqiang, Renmin University of China, "Chinese Thinking on Nuclear Weapons." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
May 11	3:00-4:30 p.m., R. Rajaraman, Jawaharlal Nehru University, " India's Nuclear Policies: One Year Later." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, 212-C Conference Room, Washington. RSVP byThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at (202) 741-3921.
May 11	6:30-8:15 p.m., Peter Beinart, City University of New York (CUNY); Suzanne DiMaggio, New America NYC; Ali Vaez, International Crisis Group; and Fred Kaplan, Slate, "An Iranian Nuclear Deal: Too Big to Fail?" Sponsored by New America NYC. At Civic Hall, 156 Fifth Ave. Second Floor, New York. RSVP online.
May 12	8:00-9:00 a.m., Clark Murdock, Center on Strategic and International Studies, “Defining U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Posture in 2020-2050.” Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
May 12	11:00 a.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed).
May 12	2:15 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on "The Civil Nuclear Agreement With China: Balancing The Potential Risks and Rewards," with Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, and Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz (retired), National Nuclear Security Administrator. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website.
May 12	3:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, markup of its portion of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
May 12	Special election for the Mississippi First Congressional District, to replace the late Rep. Alan Nunnelee.
May 13	8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, Air Force Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, "The Requirements and Contributions of Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVPonline.
May 13-14	House floor action on the annual National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 1735, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
May 13-14	Secretary of State John Kerry attends a NATO foreign ministers meeting. Antalya, Turkey.
May 13-15	Senate Armed Services Committee markup of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed).
May 14	9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Arms Control Association annual meeting. Keynote by Alexander Kmett, Austrian Director of Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament. Closing Keynote by Colin Kahl, National Security Adviser to the Vice President. Panels on "The Big Chill: Russia, the West and the Future of Nuclear Arms Control," "Mid-Life Crisis? The Future of the NPT," and "The P5+1 and Iran and the Comprehensive Nuclear Deal." At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. Register online.
May 14	1:00-2:00 p.m., Vice Adm. Michael Connor, Commander, United States Submarine Forces, "The Future of the Silent Service." CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
May 14	1:30-5:00 p.m., James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) and the Stanley Foundation, "Workshop on Radiological Security and Public Health." CNS, 1400 K St. NW, Suite 1225, Washington. RSVP to Donna Vandygriff by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at (563) 264-6858. Webcast on the CNS website.
May 15	House of Representatives floor action on the Iran Nuclear Amendment Review Act of 2015, S. 615 (now included in H.R. 1191). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
May 15-?	P5+1 and Iran continue negotiations on an agreement on Iran's nuclear program. Vienna.
May 17-20	Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Washington.
May 18	12:15-1:45 p.m., Michael Gordon, New York Times, "Travels with John Kerry: The Lausanne Accord with Iran and its Implications for the Middle East." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA. RSVP online.
May 18	4:00-5:30 p.m., Kate Brown, University of Maryland, "Bursting the Plutonium Bubble: How Utopian Communities Made Dystopian Nuclear Landscapes." Wilson Center, Sixth Floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
May 19	8:00-9:00 a.m., Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), "Deterrent Options for the Future." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
May 19	10:00-11:00 a.m., Adm. James Winnefeld Jr., Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman, "Missile Defense and U.S. National Security." CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. Washington. RSVP by online.
May 19	1:00-4:30 p.m., Frank Rose, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, "The Korean Peninsula and U.S. National Security." Sponsored by ICAS Liberty Foundation. At B-318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online.
May 19	5:30-7:00 p.m., Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund, book discussion ofNuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late. World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, One S. Broad St., Suite 2M, Philadelphia. Register online.
May 20	6:00 p.m., Tom Newman and Bob Gould, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), "The Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons and PSR's Campaign to Abolish Them: A Speaker's Training." Sponsored by PSR. At University of California San Francisco Mission Bay Campus, 550 16th St., San Francisco. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at (510) 845-8395.
May 22	8:00-9:00 a.m., Frank Miller, Scowcroft Group, "Does A Modern Deterrent Matter? The Case of Ballistic Missile Defense and Nuclear Forces." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
May 22	9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories, public meeting. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA. RSVP required.
May 23-31	House and Senate Memorial Day recess. House recess begins May 22.
May 25	Memorial Day (holiday).
May 25	Conference on Disarmament, second session for 2015 begins. Through July 10. Geneva.
May 26	8:00-9:00 a.m., Richard Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center, “China’s Nuclear Build-up--Implications for American Strategic Strategy,” Gordon Chang, author, "China's and North Korea's Nukes Tip Balance Against the U.S.," and Ed Timperlake, “U.S. and Allied Military Deterrence Challenges in the Second Nuclear Age.” Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
May 26	10:00 a.m., Gérard Araud, French Amb.; Peter Westmacott, British Amb.; and Peter Wittig, German Amb., "Europe and the Iran Nuclear Deal." Atlantic Council, 12th Floor, 1030 15th St. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
May 29	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Joseph Tofalo, Director, Undersea Warfare Division, "Sea Based Strategic Deterrence--Maintaining a Credible Force at a Responsible Cost." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 1	12:30 p.m., Tom Newman, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by Scotts Valley Rotary Club. At Bruno's Barbeque, 230G Mt. Herman Road, Upstairs Meeting Room, Scotts Valley, CA.
June 2	10:15 a.m.-noon, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL); Kenneth Weinstein, Hudson Insitute; David Cooper, Naval War College; Michael Eisenstadt, Washington Institute; and Thomas Karako, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "Iran's Missile Program." Hudson Institute, Sixth Floor, 1015 15th St. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
June 2-3	Atomic Heritage Foundation, 70th Anniversary of the Manhattan Project. At the Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P St. NW Washington. Register online.
June 7-8	President Obama attends a G-7 summit. Klais, Bavaria, Germany.
June 8-12	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Week of June 8 and 15	Senate floor action on the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
June 12	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Jim Bridenstine (OK), "Congress and the Future of National Security Space and Contributions to Strategic Deterrence." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 16	8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, Air Force Global Strike Command, "The Enduring Requirements of Deterrence: Implications for BMD, Space and Nuclear Policy." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 17	Ramadan begins at sunset. Through July 17.
June 19	8:00-9:00 a.m., Vice Adm. Terry Benedict, Director, Strategic Systems Programs, "The Navy’s Contribution to Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 22-26	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, Science and Technology Conference. Vienna.
June 23	8:00-9:00 a.m., James Miller, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, "Strategic Deterrence in the Coming Decades-BMD and Nuclear Challenges." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 23-24	Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), "2015 Summer Conference." Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.
June 25	8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Jack Weinstein, Air Force Global Strike Command, "Contemporary Strategic Deterrence Issues." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 26	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Kevin Cramer (ND), "House Perspectives on Defense Spending, Deterrence and American Security." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 27-July 6	House and Senate Independence Day recess.
June 30	Target date for a final nuclear agreement with Iran.
June	Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the annual energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June	House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the annual defense appropriations bill. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (estimate) (closed).
June	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM.
June	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
July 1	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rebeccah Heinrichs, Marshall Institute, and Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution, "Dealing With--and Dissuading--Russia? Missile Defense and Arms Control in NATO and Eastern Europe." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 3	Independence Day federal holiday.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
July 6-8	9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Charles Ferguson, Federation of American Scientists; Charles Blair, Johns Hopkins University; and Gregory Koblentz, George Mason University, "Short Course on CBRN Weapons, Science and Policy." Sponsored by Federation of American Scientists. At George Mason University, Arlington Campus, 3301 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. Register online. Early bird price expires May 15.
July 8	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Mike Rogers (AL), "HASC Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVPonline.
July 14	8:00-9:00 a.m., Matthew Kroenig, Georgetown University, and James Acton, Carnegie Endowment, "Strategic Challenges and Responses: Nuclear, BMD, and Emerging Technologies." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 15-17	State Department, "Generation Prague Conference." State Department, East Auditorium, 21st St., NW, between C St. & Virginia Ave., Washington (July 16) and George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Washington (July 17). Get more information by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
July 16	70th anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
July 28	Third anniversary of the break-in at the Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, TN, by Sister Megan Rice and two fellow Transform Now Plowshares activists.
July 31-Sept. 7	House of Representatives summer recess.
Aug. 2-9	Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo), World Conference Against A- and H-Bombs. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Aug. 3	Conference on Disarmament, third and final session for 2015 begins. Through Sept. 18. Geneva.
Aug. 6	8:16 a.m., 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Aug. 6	8:00 p.m., Tri-Valley CAREs and other organizations, "70 Years of Nuclear Weapons--At What Cost?" At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, S. Vasco Road and Patterson Pass Road, Livermore, CA.
Aug. 8	Republican Party of Iowa, presidential straw poll. Boone, IA.
Aug. 8-Sept. 7	Senate summer recess.
Aug. 9	11:02 a.m., 70th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.
Aug. 11	20th anniversary of President Clinton's total ban on U.S. nuclear testing,
Aug. 15	Time TBA, First Republican presidential debate. Cleveland. Broadcast on Fox News.
Aug. 25	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) releases its annual Nuclear Security Report. Vienna. The report will be posted on the IAEA website.
Aug. 26-28	United Nations-Japan Conference on Disarmament Issues. Hiroshima, Japan.
Aug. 29	International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
Sept. 7	Labor Day (holiday).
Sept. 10	Special election for the Illinois 18th Congressional District, to replace former Rep. Aaron Schock.
Sept. 11	Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Sept. 13	Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset. Through Sept. 15.
Sept. 14	Federal agencies submit their initial budgets to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2017 (estimate). Final budgets are to be submitted to Congress on Feb. 1.
Sept. 16	Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. Broadcast onCNN.
Sept. 17	7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., retired Gen. Larry Welch; retired Gen. Robert Kehler; and Frank Miller, Scowcroft Group, "The Enduring Value of Nuclear Deterrence." Sponsored by Minot Task Force 21. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington.
Sept. 19-27	House of Representatives Yom Kippur recess.
Sept. 22	~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. 22	Yom Kippur begins at sunset. Through Sept. 23.
Sept. 23	Pope Francis meets with President Obama. White House, Washington.
Sept. 24	Time TBA, Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress. Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN, and broadcast on CNN and probably other networks.
Sept. 25	Pope Francis addresses the U.N. General Assembly, United Nations. Broadcast on TV and webcast on the U.N. website.
Sept. 25	Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). United Nations. A portion may be webcast on theU.N. website.
Sept. 26	International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Sept. 26-27	Pope Francis visits Philadelphia.
Sept.	Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with President Obama. White House, Washington.
Sept.	Non-aligned Movement summit. Caracas, Venezuela.
Sept. or Oct.	Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratoriesreports to Congress and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (Public Law 113-76, Sec. 319). (estimate)
Fall	International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification meeting. Oslo, Norway.
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 5-Nov. 4	General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) holds general debate. United Nations. Webcast on the U.N. website. Related events at the United Nations are on the Reaching Critical Will website.
Oct. 9	11:00 a.m. Norwegian time (5:00 a.m. EDT), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway.
Oct. 10-18	House and Senate Columbus Day recess. House recess goes through Oct. 19.
Oct. 12	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 15-19	Parliament of the World’s Religions. Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City.
Oct. 30	National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers.
Oct.-Dec.	Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based Midcourse Defense missile fromVandenberg Air Force Base, CA, against an intermediate-range ballistic missile target launched from Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Nov. 3	U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial elections in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi, and mayoral elections in many cities.
Nov. 6-15	House of Representatives Veterans Day recess.
Nov. 11	Veterans Day (federal holiday).
Nov. 12-15	Friend Committee on National Legislation (Quakers), annual meeting. Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington.
Nov. 15-16	President Obama attends a G-20 summit. Antalya, Turkey.
Nov. 15-19	World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. Atlanta.
Nov. 17-18	President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Manila, Philippines.
Nov. 21-29	House and Senate Thanksgiving recess. House recess begins Nov. 20.
Nov. 22	60th anniversary of the first Soviet thermonuclear test. Semipalatinsk Test Site, then in the Soviet Union and now in Kazakhstan.
Nov. 26	Thanksgiving (holiday).
Nov. 30	Office of Management and Budget returns amended budget requests to federal agencies for fiscal year 2017, known as budget passbacks (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 1.
Nov. 30-Dec. 4	Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 20th annual conference. The Hague.
Dec. 6	Hanukkah begins at sunset. Through Dec. 14.
Dec. 10	7:00 a.m. EST (1:00 p.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway.
Dec. 14	75th anniversary of the discovery of plutonium.
Dec. 18	House and Senate adjournment (tentative).
Dec. 19-Jan. 4	House and Senate Christmas-New Year's recess
Dec. 22	Fifth anniversary of the U.S. Senate ratification of the New START treaty on a 71-26 vote. The treaty reduces the maximum number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia from 2,200 to 1,550 each.
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday).
Dec. 30	U.S.-China civil nuclear cooperation agreement ("123 agreement") expires.
Dec.	Russian Duma elections.
2016
Jan. 1	New Year's Day (holiday).
Jan. 5	Congress convenes (estimate).
Jan. 27	65th anniversary of the first nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site.
Feb. 1	Iowa presidential caucuses.
Feb. 5	Fifth anniversary of the New START treaty entering into force. The treaty reduces the maximum number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia from 2,200 to 1,550 each.
Feb. 9	New Hampshire presidential primary.
Feb. 20	Nevada presidential caucuses.
Feb. 26	Iranian parliamentary elections.
Feb. 27	South Carolina presidential primary.
March 19	U.S.-South Korean civil nuclear cooperation agreement ("123 agreement") expires.

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