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Sept. 18, 2012

Sept. 15-18	House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess.
Sept. 17-21	International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna.
Week of Sept. 17	Defense Secretary Leon Panetta meets with Chinese officials. Beijing. North Korea's nuclear program is on the agenda.
Sept. 18	8:00-9:30 a.m., Christopher Ford, Hudson Institute, and Janne Nolan, George Washington University, “Making Sense of the Nuclear Posture.” Sponsored by the Air Force Association, British American Security Information Council and other organizations. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Chris Lindborg">email.
Sept. 18	12:30-2:00 p.m., Susan Koch, National Defense University, "Proliferation Security Initiative: Origins and Evolution." Off the record. National Defense University, Lincoln Hall, Room 1105, 260 Fifth Ave., SW, Fort McNair, Washington. RSVP to Nima Gerami by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Nima Gerami">email or at (202) 433-6359.
Sept. 18	3:00-4:30 p.m., Karim Sadjadpour; Dennis Ross; Anne-Marie Slaughter and Bret Stephens, "What Should the Next American President Do About Iran?." TimesCenter, 242 W. 41st St., New York. RSVP online.
Sept. 19	10:00-11:30 a.m.,Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and Victor Gilinsky, former member, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Serious Rules for Nuclear Power without Proliferation." Harvard University, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Harvard University Email">email.
Sept. 19	2:15 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on the nomination of Richard Olson to be ambassador to Pakistan, and other business items. S-116 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast.
Sept. 19	6:15-8:30 p.m. Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, book launch of The Next Arms Race. B354 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP by Sept. 17 online.
Sept. 19	9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT (6:00-7:30 MST), Dov Zakheim, Advisor on National Security for the Romney Campaign, and Janine Davidson, Advisor on National Security for the Obama Campaign, "Election 2012: The National Security Agenda." Arizona State University, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building, 781 E. Terrace Rd., Tempe, AZ. RSVP online. Webcast online.
Sept. 19	House of Representatives floor action on the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act, H.R. 5987, on the suspension calendar. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Sept. 19	Afternoon, Senate floor action on a Continuing Resolution for appropriations for fiscal year 2013, though March 27, H.J. Res. 117. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Sept. 20	10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, hearing on "Department of Defense Plans for Sequestration: The Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 Report and the Way Forward," with Defense Undersecretary Robert Hale and four other speakers. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Sept. 20	Noon-1:00 p.m., Walter Pincus, Washington Post, "National Security and the Election: Who Cares?" Center for National Policy, One Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 333, Washington. RSVP online.
Sept. 20	PIR Center (Russian Center for Policy Studies) and the Austrian Foreign Ministry, "Seminar on the Future of Nuclear Weapons Reduction." Moscow.
Sept. 21	Noon-2:00 p.m., Washington Institute, "How to Build U.S.-Israeli Coordination on Preventing an Iranian Nuclear Breakout," with Dennis Ross, former Special Assistant to President Obama; Patrick Clawson, Iran Security Initiative; David Makovsky, Ziegler Fellow, Washington Institute. 1828 L St., NW, Suite 1050, Washington. RSVP at (202) 452-0677. Webcast online.
Sept. 21	House and Senate adjourn for election recesses (tentative).
Sept. 21	International Day of Peace.
Sept. 21	Peace Day Philly. Various locations, Philadelphia.
Sept. 22	8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, 25th Anniversary Celebration. Good Shepard Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Seattle, WA. Register online.
Sept. 22-Nov. 12	House and Senate election recess.
Sept. 23	Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi meets with President Obama. Washington. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda.
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	Noon-1:30 p.m. American Association for the Advancement of Science, "Advances in Nuclear-Test Monitoring and Verification," with five speakers. 902 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. RSVP online.
Sept. 24	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Sept. 24	16th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by 65 countries including the United States, China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom. United Nations.
Sept. 24-26	Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari meets with President Obama. Washington.
Sept. 24-28	Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, "Intensive Short Course on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament for Diplomats." Andromeda Tower, Floor 6, Donau-City-Strasse, 1220 Vienna.
Sept. 25	~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations. Broadcast on CNN, webcast on the U.N. website and may be webcast on the White House website.
Sept. 25	12:30-2:00 p.m., William Potter and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Monterey Institute, "Nuclear Politics and the Non-Aligned Movement." Japanese Mission, Conference Hall, Andromeda Tower, Floor 24, Donau-City-Strasse 6, Vienna. RSVP by Sept. 21 online.
Sept. 25	Catherine Ashton, European Union's foreign policy chief, and Saeed Jalili, Iran's nucler negotiator, continue talks on Iran's nuclear program. Istanbul.
Sept. 25	Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 26.
Sept. 26	12:30-1:30 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "The Last U.S. Nuclear Test--20 Years Later: Status and Prospects for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty." American Security Project, 1100 New York Ave., NW, Suite 710W, Conference Room E, Washington. RSVP by Sept. 24 by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="ASP Events">email.
Sept. 26	Time TBA, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations. Webcast on the U.N. website.
Sept. 27	10:00-10:45 a.m., Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ministerial meeting, "Early Entry Into Force of the Treaty--Putting an End to Nuclear Test Explosions." Convened by Australia, Canada, Finland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands and Sweden. United Nations, North Lawn Building, Conference Room 3. May be webcast on the United Nations website.
Sept. 27	6:30 p.m., staged reading of the play Reykjavik, by Richard Rhodes. Followed by a panel discussion "25 Years since Reykjavik--Will We Get it Right in the Next 25?" with a video message by former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, and panelists Max Kampelman, Roald Sagdeev, Morton Halperin and Richard Rhodes. Sponsored by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). By invitation only, but tickets can be won on the CTBTO Facebook page. Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Ave., New York.
Sept. 29	India test launches its nuclear-capable Agni III intermediate-range ballistic missile (tentative). Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India.
Sept.	Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Turkey and UAE) meeting of foreign ministers on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly. New York.
Sept.	North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un meets with Chinese officials. Beijing.
Fall	Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues a license for the GE Laser Enrichment Facility, Wilmington, NC.
Oct. 1	1:00-5:00 p.m., Carnegie Endowment, "Challenges to Strategic Stability in Southern Asia," with nine speakers. Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 1	20th anniversary of Senate ratification of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty(START) on a vote of 93-6. The treaty reduced the U.S. and Soviet Union nuclear arsenals from over 10,000 deployed strategic warheads to 6,000 each.
Oct. 2	1:00-5:00 p.m., Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, public meeting and hearing on the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) project. Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St., Knoxville, TN.
Oct. 2	20th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium (Public Law 102-377, Sec. 507).
Oct. 3	9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT (7:00-8:30 p.m. MDT), first presidential debate. University of Denver. The debate will focus on domestic policy.
Oct. 4	PIR Center (Russian Center for Policy Studies), "2012 Conference on the Middle East Free Zone of Weapons of Mass Destruction--Searching for Solutions." Moscow.
Oct. 4	7:00 p.m. Uranium Film Festival,"Hibakusha, Our Life to Live." Eiszeit Kino, Zeughofstrasse, 20,, Berlin.
Oct. 5	6:00 p.m., Gene Poteat, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, "The Precipice of Nuclear Annihilation: Through the Eyes of the Cuban Missile Crisis--50 Years Later." Institute of World Politics, 1521 16th St., NW, Washington. RSVP to Katie Bridges by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Katie Bridges">email.
Oct. 6-13	Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Keep Space for Peace Week.
Oct. 8	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 8-Nov. 6	U.N. General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations.
Oct. 9-10	NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels.
Oct. 11	9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, vice presidential debate. Centre College, Danville, KY.
Oct. 12	5:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway.
Oct. 12-14	Global Zero, Student Institute, at Hotel Allegro, 171 W. Randolph St., Chicago. Apply by Sept. 24 by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Global Zero Application">email.
Oct. 14-28	50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Oct. 16	9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, second presidential debate. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. The debate will focus on domestic and foreign policy issues.
Oct. 18	6:00-8:00 p.m., Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institute, "Foreign Policy and National Security Policy Strategies of the Presidential Candidates." Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. At Residence Inn Arlington Pentagon City, 550 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. RSVP online.
Oct. 18-19	Project on Nuclear Issues, "2012 PONI Fall Conference." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. RSVP by Oct. 5 online.
Oct. 19-21	Global Zero, Student Institute, at Concord's Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Sq., Concord, MA. Apply by Oct. 1 by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Global Zero Application">email.
Oct. 22	9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, third (and last) presidential debate. Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL. The debate will focus on foreign policy issues.
Oct. 24	United Nations Day.
Oct. 30	6:30 p.m., Bruce Bennett, RAND, "North Korea." RAND, 1776 Main St., Santa Monica, CA. RSVP online.
Oct. 30	National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers.
Oct.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site.
Oct. or Nov.	United States and Israel hold a joint missile defense exercise, "Austere Challenge 12." Israel and Germany.
Nov. 1	Defense Department submits to Congress a report on the military power of the North Korea (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1236).
Nov. 1	60th anniversary of the "Ivy Mike" nuclear test, the first hydrogen bomb test. Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Nov. 1-3	Wilton Park, "The Future of Global Markets for Sensitive Nuclear Fuel Cycle Services: Connecting Supply and Non-Proliferation Objectives," with 22 speakers. Wilton Park, Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex. BN44 3DZ. Register byThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Susan Bruce">email.
Nov. 6	U.S. Election Day.
Nov. 9	9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Federation of American Scientists, Symposium on Preventing Catastrophic Threats. National Press Club, Ballroom, 529 14th St., NW, Washington
Nov. 12	Veterans Day observed (federal holiday).
Nov. 12-14	Global Zero, Student Institute, at Chateau du Lac, Ave. du Lac, Genval, Belgium. Apply by Oct. 7 by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Global Zero Application">email.
Nov. 12-23	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "Around the Globe and Around the Clock: The Science and Technology of the CTBT." Vienna International Centre, Vienna. Course presented in person and webcast. RSVP online.
Nov. 13	Congress returns for a lame-duck session.
Nov. 14	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.
Nov. 15-18	Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day (Nov. 16) and annual meeting (Nov. 15-18). Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. Register online.
Nov. 17-26	House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. (The Senate has not announced the dates for its Thanksgiving recess.)
Nov. 19	University of London, Conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone. Brunei Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. London. RSVP online.
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 (estimate). 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.	Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 3254, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Nov.	Russian navy test launches the Bulava ballistic missile from the submarineAlexander Nevsky.
Nov. or Dec.	Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Rear Adm. James Syring to be the Missile Defense Agency director (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Nov. or Dec.	Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, markup of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act. S. 3300 (estimate). 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Nov. or Dec.	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Rose Gottemoeller to be Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security (estimate). 419 Dickson Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Nov. or Dec.	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on the nomination of Joseph Macmanus to be ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (estimate). 419 Dickson Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website.
Nov. or Dec.	Obama administration completes the Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study (estimate).
Nov. or Dec.	President Obama submits to Congress a plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1043) (delayed; was due Feb. 13).
Nov. or Dec.	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual nuclear stockpile stewardship and management plan (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) and a biannual modernization and refurbishment plan for the nuclear security complex (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523a) (delayed; was due May 1).
Dec. 4-6	Nuclear Regulatory Commission, International Regulators Conference on Nuclear Security. Rockville, MD. Register by Nov. 9 online.
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. 10-14	Wilton Park, "The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Laying the Groundwork for the 2015 Review Conference," with speakers TBA. Wilton Park, Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3DZ, UK. Register by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." title="Jackie Roberts">email.
Dec. 13	Connect U.S. Fund, foreign policy community-wide meeting. Location TBA, Washington.
Dec. 19	South Korean presidential election.
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday).
Dec.	Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based Interceptor 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, Central Pacific Ocean.
Dec.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site.
Dec.	Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(tentative). Helsinki.
2013
Jan. 1	New Year's Day (holiday).
Jan. 1	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the status of nuclear materials protection, control and accounting programs in Russia and other countries (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2563).
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, under the Budget Control Act of 2011 (27 U.S. Code Sec. 900) (possible).
Jan. 8	Congress convenes (estimate).
Jan. 20	Noon, President takes the oath of office. Capitol Building, Washington, (The inaugural address and parade will be on Jan. 21.)
Jan. 21	Noon, Presidential inaugural address and parade. Washington.
Jan. 21	Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday).
Jan. 21	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2013 begins (estimate). Through March 29. Geneva.
Jan. 30	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367).
Jan. 31	President submits to Congress an annual report on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note).
Jan. 31	President submits to the Senate an annual report on the implementation of the New START Treaty (New START Treaty, Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(10)).
Jan.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
Late-Jan. or early Feb.	9:00 p.m. EST, President gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks and webcast on the White House website.
Feb. 1	Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress an annual report on the acquisition by foreign countries of technology for the development or production of weapons of mass destruction (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2366). Previous reports are posted on the Director of National Intelligence website.
Feb. 4	~11:00 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget request to Congress (estimate). Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website.
Feb. 4	~1:30 p.m., Energy Secretary presents the Energy Department budget (estimate). Energy Department, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website.
Feb. 4	Defense Department and Energy Department submit to Congress an updated, annual 10-year plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex and delivery platforms (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1251).
Feb. 5	President submits to the Senate an annual report on the status of negotiations with Russia on tactical nuclear weapons (New START Treaty, Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(12)(B)).
Feb. 15	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note).
Feb. 15	Missile Defense Agency submits to Congress an annual report on acquisition baselines (10 U.S. Code Sec. 225).
Feb. 15	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2566).
Feb. 18	Presidents Day (federal holiday).
Feb. 18	U.S.-Russian "Megatons to Megawatts" agreement, managed by USEC, expires.
Feb. 19-22	ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums, "Nuclear Deterrence Summit." Renaissance Capital View Hotel, 2800 S. Potomac Ave., Arlington, VA.
Feb. 26	Transform Now Plowshares activists go on trial for trespass at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, TN. U.S. District Count for Eastern Tennessee, U.S. Courthouse, 800 Market St., Suite 130, Knoxville, TN.
Feb.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM.
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 theDefense Department website.
March 3-5	American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
March 4-8	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
March 6	10th anniversary of the ratification of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty(SORT), or Moscow Treaty, by the Senate on a vote of 95-0. The treaty reduced the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals from 6,000 deployed strategic nuclear weapons to 2,200 each.
March 16	25th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attacks. Halabjah, Iraq.
March 23	30th anniversary of President Reagan's "Star Wars" speech.
March 25	Passover begins at sundown.
March 27	Continuing Resolution for unfinished appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 expires.
March 29	Good Friday.
March 29	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2013 ends (estimate). Geneva.
March 31	Easter.
March 31	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110).
Spring	Norwegian government sponsors an international conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. Oslo.
April 2	Kansas City, MO, vote on a citizen’s initiative to bar city financing for nuclear weapons facilities.
April 5	Fourth anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons.
April 5-8	Ecumenical Advocacy Days. DoubleTree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, Arlington, VA (April 5-7), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (April 8).
April 8-9	Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington.
April 9	National Day of Nuclear Technology (date is an estimate). Iran.
April 11	50th anniversary of the encyclical letter Pacem in Terris by Pope John XXIII, which called for an end to the nuclear arms race.
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 15	State Department submits to Congress an annual report on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a(a)). Previous reports are posted on theState Department website.
April 22-May 3	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Geneva.
April	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for theSurplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC.
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 theDefense Department 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 biennial Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship Criteria and Assessment Report (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2522).
May 6-10	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
May 11	15th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India.
May 27	Memorial Day (holiday).
May 28	15th anniversary of Pakistan's first nuclear test. Chagai Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan.
May	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
May-June	President attends the G-8 summit. City TBA, United Kingdom.
June 1	25th anniversary of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty entering into force.
June 3-7	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
June 10	50th anniversary of President Kennedy's commencement address at American University, where he called for a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. Washington.
June 10	20th anniversary of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Colin Powell's commencement speech at Harvard University where he said, "And today, I can declare my hope, declare it from the bottom of my heart, that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place."
June 24	65th anniversary of beginning of the Berlin Blockade.
June 30	U.S.-Russian umbrella agreement for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) Program expires.
June	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decisionSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
June	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "CTBT Science, Technology and Innovation 2013," international scientific conference. Vienna.
June	Iranian presidential election.
July 3	20th anniversary of President Clinton's announcement that he would extend the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
July 10	Ramadan begins at sundown.
July 16	Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
Aug. 5	50th anniversary of the signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union, United Kingdom and United States. Moscow.
Aug. 6	Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Aug. 9	Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.
Aug. 29	International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
Aug. 30	Japanese parliamentary elections (or earlier).
Aug.	Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva.
Sept. 2	Labor Day (holiday).
Sept. 4	Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown.
Sept. 9	Federal agencies submit their initial budgets to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2015 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 3.
Sept. 9-13	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Sept. 11	Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Sept. 13	Yom Kippur begins at sundown.
Sept. 16-20	International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna.
Sept. 21	International Day of Peace.
Sept. 24	50th anniversary of Senate ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty by a vote of 80 to 19.
Sept.	Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). Vienna.
Fall	German Federal Assembly or Bundestag elections (or earlier).
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.

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