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

March 10, 2015

March 6-15	House of Representatives recess.
March 10	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on "Posture of the Department of the Navy," with Raymond Mabus, Navy Secretary; Adm. John Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Joseph Dunford, Marine Corps. Commandant. G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website.
March 11	9:00 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) budget, with Frank Klotz, Administrator, NNSA; Donald Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, NNSA; Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, NNSA; and Navy Adm. John Richardson, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion. 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website.
March 11	12:30-2:00 p.m., Jonathan Ray, Defense Group, and Phillip Saunders, National Defense University, "China's Neutron Bomb Program: History and Implications." National Defense University, Lincoln Hall, Room 1119, 300 Fifth Ave. SW, Fort McNair, Washington. Off the record. RSVP to Nima Gerami by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
March 12	9:00 a.m., Oral arguments on the appeal on behalf of the three Transform Now Plowshares protesters, Sister Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed, convicted of sabotage for the 2012 break-in at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, TN. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 842 - Eighth Floor Courtroom, Stewart U.S. Courthouse, 100 E. Fifth St., Cincinnati.
March 12	9:00-10:30 a.m., John Hamre, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Joan Rohlfing, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Andrew Newman, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Everett Redmond, Nuclear Energy Institute; and Sharon Squassoni, CSIS, "A New Approach to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle." CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
March 12	12:15-2:00 p.m., Paul Avey, Southern Methodist University; Jonathan Markowitz, Dartmouth Colelge; and Robert Reardon, North Carolina State University, "Competing Visions of Grand Strategy and the Consequences for Nuclear Proliferation." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA.
March 14-17	Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers), Spring Lobby Weekend. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW, Washington.
March 15	Secretary of State John Kerry and other P5+1 foreign ministers resume negotiations on an agreement on Iran's nuclear program. Lausanne, Switzerland.
March 15	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a biannual report on the plan for stewardship, management and certification of warheads in the nuclear weapons stockpile (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523).
March 16	2:00 p.m., Richard LeBaron, former Ambassador to Kuwait; Alireza Nader, RAND; and Ilan Goldenberg, Center for a New American Security, "A Nuclear Deal, Iran’s Regional Role and U.S. Relations with the Persian Gulf." Atlantic Council, 12th Floor, 1030 15th St. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 16	6:00-8:30 p.m., Duyeon Kim, Carnegie Endowment; former Sen. Sam Nunn (GA), Nuclear Security Initiative; former Sen. Richard Lugar (IN), Lugar Center; Desmond Browne, former U.K. Defense Minister; and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE), "Managing and Reducing 21st Century Nuclear Security Threats." Georgetown University, Bunn Intercultural Center, 37th St. NW, Washington. RSVP by March 12 online.
Marcch 17	1:15-2:45 p.m., Wael Al-Assad, League of Arab States; Taous Feroukhi, President-Designate of the 2015 NPT Review Conference; Mitsuru Kitano, Japanese Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna; William Potter, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies; David Stuart, Australian Ambassador to the United Nations, "Towards the 2015 NPT Review Conference." Sponsored by the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. At the Japanese Mission, Conference Hall, Donau-City-Strasse 6, Andromeda Tower, Floor 24, Vienna. RSVP online.
March 17	Israeli general election.
March 18	Time TBA, House Budget Committee, markup of the annual budget resolution (estimate). 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website.
March 18	7:00 p.m., Bradley Harris, Friends Committee on National Legislation, "Under Pressure: Congress, Sequestration, and the Trillion Dollar Triad." Salt Lake Friends Meeting, 171 E. 4800 S., Murray, UT. RSVP to Bradley Harris by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
March 18	Time TBA, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the Energy Department budget, with Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 18-19	Senate Budget Committee, markup of the annual budget resolution (estimate). 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 19	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Service Committee, hearing on U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Transportation Command, and U.S. Cyber Command, with Adm. Cecil Haney, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, and other witnesses. G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 19	12:15-2:00 p.m., Mark Bell, Harvard University, "What Do Nuclear Weapons Offer States? A Theory of State Foreign Policy Response to Nuclear Acquisition." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Cambridge, MA.
March 19	2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland, hearing on Air Force Force Structure and Modernization, with William LaPlante, Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition; Lt. Gen. Tod Wolters, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations; and Lt. Gen. James Holmes, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on committee website.
March 19	United Nations, "Civil Society Forum on the Conference on Disarmament." Palais des Nations, Council Chamber, Geneva.
March 19-20	State Department and Nuclear Threat Initiative, International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification, first meeting. Washington.
March 21-24	J Street National Conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington. Register online.
March 23-24	Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. Register online.
Week of March 23	House floor action on the annual budget resolution (tentative). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of March 23	Senate floor action on the annual budget resolution (tentative). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
March 23-April 2	U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, meeting of governmental experts on a fissile material treaty. Geneva.
March 24	10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories, public meeting. Hilton at Mark Center, Laurel Conference Room, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA. RSVP required.
March 25	2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Ballistic Missile Defense Programs, with Vice Adm. James Syring, Director, Missile Defense Agency; Lt. Gen. David Mann, Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Brian McKeon, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; and Michael Gilmore, Director, Operation Test and Evaluation, Defense Department. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 28-April 12	House and Senate spring recess. House recess begins March 27.
March 31	2:15-4:00 p.m., speakers TBA, “Nuclear Negotiations: The Way Forward.” Part of the conference, "The United States and Iran: Moving Towards a More Stable Middle East?" SAIS, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Kenney Auditorium, Washington. RSVP online.
March 31	Due date for a political framework agreement by the P5+1 and Iran on Iran's nuclear program.
April 2	8:00-9:00 p.m. EST, John Loretz, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and Martin Fleck, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), "Paths to Disarmament: The NPT and the Humanitarian Initiative." Online webinar sponsored by PSR. RSVP online.
April 3	Good Friday.
April 3	Passover begins at sunset. Through April 11.
April 5	Easter.
April 5	Sixth anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons.
April 6-26	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations. Portions webcast on the U.N. website.
April 8	Fifth anniversary of the signing of the New START Treaty by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Prague. The treaty reduces the maximum number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia from 2,200 to 1,550 each.
April 12-16	Comprehensive Test Ban Organization and Israel Atomic Energy Commission, international assessment workshop of the large-scale simulation of the on-site inspection for a suspected nuclear test held in Jordan (Nov.-Dec. 2014). Ramat-Gan, Israel.
April 13	Global Day of Action on Military Spending.
April 14	8:00-9:00 a.m., Mark Schneider, National Institute for Public Policy, "Russian Nuclear Modernization, the Ukraine Crisis and the Threat to NATO." and Steve Blank, Army War College, “Russia's New Strategic Doctrine and Capabilities.” Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
April 15	State Department submits to Congress an annual report on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a). Previous reports are posted on the State Department website.
April 22	100th anniversary of the first successful use of chemical weapons in World War I in Yepres, Belgium.
April 22-25	In Flanders Fields Museum, Enough! A Century of Weapons of Mass Destructionconference. Various locations in Belgium.
April 23 or 24	House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on YouTube.
April 24-25	International Conference for a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World. Cooper Union, 30 Cooper Square, New York.
After April 24	Senate floor action on the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, S. 625(possible). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
April 26	Morning, Interfaith Service for Nuclear Weapons Abolition. Location TBA, New York.
April 26	1:00-6:00 p.m., Rally and March for Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World, Rally location TBA. March ending at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, E. 47 St. between First Ave. and Second Ave., New York.
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 Reaching Critical Will website.
April 28	U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, Netherlands government and other organizations, "Symposium on the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Nuclear Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Energy; Fresh Ideas for the Future." United Nations.
April 29	Time TBA, House 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. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on YouTube.
April 29	Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare.
April	House 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). 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
April	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM.
April	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
Mid-April	International Atomic Energy Agency officials continue talks with Iranian officials on technical details of Iran's nuclear work. Tehran.
Late April	Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with President Obama. White House, Washington. A joint statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II may be issued.
May 1	Defense Department submits to Congress a biannual report on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website.
May 2	8:00 p.m., New York Society for Ethical Culture, "With Love to Hiroshima & Nagasaki: A Concert for Disarmament." New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St., New York.
May 2-11	House of Representatives recess.
May 5	Special election for the New York 11th Congressional District, to replace former Rep. Mike Grimm.
May 7	United Kingdom general election.
May 12	Special election for the Mississippi's First Congressional District, to replace the late Rep. Alan Nunnelee.
May 12-15	House floor action on the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
May 17-20	Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Washington.
May 19	5:30-7:00 p.m., Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund, "Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late." World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, One S. Broad St., Suite 2M, Philadelphia. Register online.
May 21	10:00 a.m.-3:30 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	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 4-5	President Obama attends a G-7 summit. Klais, Bavaria, Germany.
June 8-12	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna.
June 17	Ramadan begins at sunset. Through July 17.
June 18	10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories, public meeting. Institute for Defense Analyses, 4850 Mark Center Drive, Room 1301, Alexandria, VA. RSVP required.
June 22-26	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, Science and Technology Conference. Vienna.
June 27-July 6	House and Senate Independence Day recess.
June 30	Target date for a final nuclear agreement with Iran.
July 3	Independence Day federal holiday.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
July 7	10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories, public meeting. Institute for Defense Analyses, 4850 Mark Center Drive, Room 1301, Alexandria, VA. RSVP required.
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. 8	Republican Party of Iowa, presidential straw poll. Iowa State University, Ames, 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. 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.
Aug.	First Republican presidential debate. City TBA, OH. Broadcast on Fox News.
Sept. 7	Labor Day (holiday).
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	6:00 p.m. EDT, Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. Broadcast on CNN.
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	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. 25	Pope Francis addresses the U.N. General Assembly, United Nations. Broadcast on TV and webcast on the U.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)
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.
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.
TBA	Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(possible). Helsinki.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC.

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