Nuclear Calendar -- July 7, 2014 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- July 7, 2014 -- Friends Committee on National Legislation
June 27-July 7 | House of Representatives Independence Day recess. |
July 2-? | P5+1 and Iran continue negotiations on a nuclear agreement. Vienna. |
July 7 | Morning, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif and European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton meet to discuss the on-going negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. Vienna. |
July 7 | 5:00-6:00 p.m., Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, "NATO Looking Forward: The Alliance in the Contested 21st Century." Atlantic Council, 1030 15th St., NW, 12th Floor (West Tower), Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Atlantic Council website. |
July 7-9 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Charles Ferguson, Federation of American Scientists; Christopher Bidwell, Federation of American Scientists; Gregory Koblentz, George Mason University; Bruce MacDonald, U.S. Institute of Peace; and Keith Ward, formerly Federal Bureau of Investigation, "Short Course on CBRN Weapons, Science and Policy." Sponsored by Federation of American Scientists. At George Mason University, Arlington Campus, 3301 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA. Registeronline. |
July 8 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rebeccah Heinrichs, Heritage Foundation; and Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution, "Russia, the EPAA Missile Defense, and Future Deterrence and Arms Control Options." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
July 8 | 9:30-11:00 a.m., Suzanne Maloney, Brookings Institution; Kenneth Karsman, Congressional Research Service; and Elizabeth Rosenberg, Center for New American Security, "Iran Sanctions: What the U.S. Cedes in a Nuclear Deal." U.S. Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the USIP website. |
July 8 | Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, meets with President Obama. White House, Washington. Relations with Russia are on the agenda. |
July 8 | Deputy Secretary William Burns co-chairs the fourth U.S.-China Strategic Security Dialogue. Beijing. |
July 9 | 12:30-1:30 p.m., Elizabeth Rosenberg, Center for a New American Security; Eric Lorber, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; and Tyler Cullis, National Iranian American Council, "Smart Sanctions Relief: Securing and Sustaining an Iran Nuclear Deal." Sponsored by National Iranian American Council. Congressional staff only. B-318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 9-10 | House of Representatives floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill,H.R. 4923. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
July 9-10 | Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew co-chair the sixth U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Beijing. |
July 10 | 8:45 a.m.-2:45 p.m., Sen. Chris Murphy (CT); Frank Klotz, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; Rose Gottemoeller, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Tom Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation; Andrew Weber, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs; and Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator, OPCW-U.N. Joint Mission, "Fifth Annual Generation Prague." State Department, East Auditorium, 21st St. between C St. and Virginia Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by July 7 by |
July 10 | 9:45 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "The Future of International Civilian Nuclear Cooperation," with Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center; Daniel Lipman, Nuclear Energy Institute; and Leonard Spector, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
July 11 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, Rubincon, "Middle East Perspectives on Missile Threats and Global Missile Defense Responses." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
July 11 | 2:30-4:00 p.m., Angela Kane, U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, and three other speakers, "Southern Flows: Pragmatic Approaches to Multidimensional Security in the Americas." Sponsored by the Stanley Foundation, Stimson Center and the Organization of American States (OAS). At the OAS, 200 17th St., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 11 or later | Secretary of State John Kerry may join the P5+1 and Iran negotiations. Vienna. |
July 16 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Christopher Ford, Senate Appropriations Committee; James Acton, Carnegie Endowment; and Matthew Kroenig, Georgetown University, "Nuclear Proliferation in Iran: The Right Nuclear Triad, BMD, Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Responses." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
July 16 | U.S. Air Force presents alternatives to modernize its ground-based nuclear missiles to defense contractors. Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah. |
July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
July 17 | Time TBA, Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill. Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
July 18 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Rob Soofer, Senate Armed Service; and Leonor Tomero, House Armed Services Committee, "SASC and HASC Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense Budgets." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, RSVP to Peter Huessy by |
July 18 | 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), "Nuclear Centers of Excellence in Asia: Next Steps," with Kazunori Hirao, Japan Atomic Energy Agency; Laura Holgate, National Security Council; and 11 other speakers. CSIS, 212-A/B Conference Room, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP to Robert Kim by |
July 20 | Interim agreement on Iran's nuclear program expires. |
July 21 | Noon-1:15 p.m., Robert Litwak, Wilson Center; Mitchell Reiss, Washington College; and David Sanger, New York Times, "Iran’s Nuclear Chess: Calculating America’s Moves." Wilson Center, Fifth Floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
July 24 | 2:30-4:00 p.m., Steve Gilman, Robert Howarth and Stanley Dienst, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "We Are All on the Front Line." University of North Carolina at Asheville, 1 University Heights, Asheville, NC. |
July 28 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2014 begins. Through Sept. 12. Geneva. |
July | Senate floor votes on the nominations of Brian McKeon to be Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Madelyn Creedon to be Principal Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration, Frank Rose to be Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, Adam Scheinman to be Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Robert Wood to be Representative to the Conference on Disarmament (possible). |
July | Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise submits its final report to Congress (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3166) (possible). |
July | State Department submits to Congress an annual report on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a) (possible). Delayed from April 15. Previous reports are posted on the State Department website. |
July | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
Late July or Sept. | Senate floor action on the defense appropriations bill (possible). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
Aug. 1-Sept. 7 | House of Representatives and Senate summer recess. (Senate recess begins Aug. 2.) |
Aug. 2 | 75th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt receiving the "Einstein-Szilárd Letter," warning about the prospect of an atomic bomb. |
Aug. 2-9 | Japan Council against A- & H-Bombs (GENSUIKYO), World Conference Against A- and H-Bombs. Hiroshima (Aug. 2-6) and Nagasaki (Aug. 8-9) |
Aug. 6 | 8:16 a.m., anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
Aug. 6 | 6:00-7:00 p.m., Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR) and Col. Ann Wright (retired), "The Old and New Faces of Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility. Japanese American Historical Plaza at Waterfront Park, Portland, OR. |
Aug. 9 | 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Global Zero, “Bike Around the Bomb.” President’s Park, Washington. Register online. |
Aug. 9 | 11:02 a.m., anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
Aug. 27-30 | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, World Congress. Astana, Kazakhstan. |
Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
Aug. 29 | 65th Anniversary of the Soviet Union’s first nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, now part of Kazakhstan. |
Aug. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM. |
Sept. 1 | Labor Day (holiday). |
Sept. 1 | Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress a biennial report on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and nuclear weapons in countries not party to the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2371). |
Sept. 4-5 | President Obama attends a NATO summit. Newport, Wales, United Kingdom. |
Sept. 8 | Federal agencies submit their initial budgets to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2016 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 2. |
Sept. 11 | Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
Sept. 11-14 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, "Action Academy," Berlin. Open to participants age 18-30 from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. Apply by July 7 online. |
Sept. 15-19 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Sept. 16-17 | University of Antwerp, “Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: The Role of Nuclear Security.” University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, Antwerp, Belgium. |
Sept. 18 | Scotland holds a referendum on becoming an independent state. |
Sept. 20-28 | House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess. |
Sept. 22 | 35th anniversary of the "Vela Incident," a nuclear explosion over the South Indian Ocean off the Cape of Good Hope, possibly conducted by South Africa with the assistance of Israel. |
Sept. 22-26 | International Atomic Energy Agency, annual general conference. Vienna. |
Week of Sept. 22 or 29 | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with President Obama. White House, Washington. |
Sept. 23 | ~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Broadcast on CNN, webcast on the U.N. website and may be webcast on the White House website. |
Sept. 24 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset. Through Sept. 26. |
Sept. 26 | International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. |
Sept. 29 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Sept. | Russian navy test launches its Bulava ballistic missile from the submarineVladimir Monomakh. From the White Sea to targets at the Kura Test Range, Kamchatka, Russia. |
Fall | Senate floor action on the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 2410 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
Oct. 1 | Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg takes office as NATO Secretary General. Brussels. |
Oct. 3 | Yom Kippur begins at sunset. Through Oct. 4. |
Oct. 3-Nov. 11 | House of Representatives Election Day recess. (The Senate recess has not been scheduled yet.) |
Oct. 4-11 | Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. "Keep Space for Peace Week." Various locations. |
Oct. 6 | U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) begins. Through Nov. 5. United Nations. |
Oct. 10 | 11:00 a.m. Norwegian time (5:00 a.m. EDT), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
Oct. 13 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
Oct. 13 | 15th anniversary of the U.S. Senate defeat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on a 48-51 vote. |
Oct. 16 | 50th anniversary of the first Chinese nuclear test. Lop Nur, China. |
Oct. 20-24 | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), "Symposium on International Safeguards: Linking Strategy, Implementation and People." IAEA Headquarters, Vienna. |
Oct. 30 | National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers. |
Nov. 4 | U.S. Election Day. |
Nov. 5 | U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) ends. United Nations. |
Nov. 9 | 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
Nov. 10–11 | President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Beijing. |
Nov. 11 | Veterans Day (federal holiday). |
Nov. 15-16 | President Obama attends a G-20 summit. Brisbane, Australia. |
Nov. 17-21 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
Nov. 20-22 | Center for Energy and Security Studies, "Moscow Nonproliferation Conference." Moscow. |
Nov. 20-23 | Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington, and on Capitol Hill. |
Nov. 21-30 | House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. |
Nov. 27 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
Nov. 27-30 | Senate Thanksgiving recess. |
Nov. | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization conducts a full-scale simulation of an on-site inspection, known as Integrated Field Exercise 2014. Southern Jordan, near the Dead Sea. |
Nov. | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons on entry into force of the treaty. Budapest, Hungary. |
Nov. | Russian navy test launches its Bulava ballistic missile from the submarine Yuri Dolgorukiy. From the White Sea to targets at the Kura Test Range, Kamchatka, Russia. |
Nov. or Dec. | Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(possible). Helsinki. |
Dec. 1 | Office of Management and Budget returns revised budgets, known as passbacks, to federal agencies for fiscal year 2016 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 2. |
Dec. 5 | 20th anniversary of the START I treaty entry into force. The treaty reduced the number of U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear weapons by 80 percent to 6,000 each. |
Dec. 6 | Runoff election for the Louisiana Senate seat, with Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) versus the Republican candidate. |
Dec. 6-7 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, "Civil Society Forum," Vienna. |
Dec. 8-9 | Austrian Foreign Ministry, third international conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. Vienna, |
Dec. 10 | 1:00 p.m. Norwegian time (7:00 a.m. EST), Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway. |
Dec. 12 | House of Representatives adjournment (tentative). |
Dec. 16 | Hanukkah begins at sunset. Through Dec. 24. |
Dec. 20 | Congressional Budget Office reports to Congress on the 10-year cost of maintaining U.S. nuclear weapons and delivery systems (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 1041). |
Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday). |
Dec. | Russia test launches the new RS-26 Rubezh, intercontinental ballistic missile (possible). Kapustin Yar Missile Test Range, Russia, to the Sary Shagan Missile Test Range, Kazakhstan. |
TBA | India test launches the Agni V intercontinental ballistic missile. Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
TBA | India test launches the Agni VI intercontinental ballistic missile. Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
TBA | Obama administration submits to Congress a revised U.S.-U.K. Mutual Defense Agreement, which expires as the end of 2014. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for theSite-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
2015 | |
Jan. 1 | New Year's Day (holiday). |
Jan. 6 | Congress convenes (estimate). |
Jan. 19 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
Feb. 1 | Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories report to Congress and to the Energy Secretary (Public Law 113-76, Sec. 319). |
Feb. 16 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
March 1 | National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the budget, objectives and metrics of the nuclear nonproliferation programs (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3145). |
March 14-17 | Friends Committee on National Legislation Spring Lobby Weekend. Washington. |
March 23-24 | Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
March-April | U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, meeting of governmental experts on a fissile material treaty. Geneva. |
March or April | Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller attends the sixth P5 conference. City TBA, United Kingdom. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in New York (April 27-May 22) is on the agenda. |
April 17-20 | Ecumenical Advocacy Days. DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton Washington DC-Crystal City, 300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. |
April 27-May 22 | Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty review conference. United Nations. |
May 7 | United Kingdom general election. |
TBA | Pope Francis visits the United States. |
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