Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation
January 17, 2017
Jan. 14-19 | House of Representatives Martin Luther King Jr. recess. |
Jan. 17 | Noon, Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, "Russia: The Threat, the International Order and the Way Forward." Atlantic Council, 1030 15th St. NW, 12th Floor (West Tower Elevator), Washington. RSVP online. Webcast online. |
Jan. 19 | 10:00 a.m., Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hearing on the nomination of Rick Perry to be Energy Secretary. 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
Jan. 19 | 6:00 p.m., Siegfried Hecker, Stanford University, "North Korean Nukes: What, How and Why?" University of Utah, Skaggs Building, Room 220, Salt Lake City. |
Jan. 19-Jan. 20 | Noon, Jan. 19-noon, Jan. 20, "Homes Not Bombs," a 24-hoour protest vigil. Franklin Square, 1332 I St. NW, Washington. Contact John Penley at (828) 423-5071 or at |
Jan. 20 | Noon, Inauguration of President Trump. Capitol Building, Washington. |
Jan. 20 | Senate Armed Services Committee votes on the nomination of Gen. James Mattis to be Defense Secretary (tentative). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast online. |
Jan. 21 | 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., "Women March for the Human Race, Not a New Arms Race," part of the Women's March on Washington. Start at at the Spirit of Justice Park, New Jersey Ave and C St. SE, Washington. |
Jan. 23 | 10:30 a.m.-noon, Mackenzie Eaglen, American Enterprise Institute; and Richard Kogan, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "Prospects for the Defense Budget in the New Administration." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast online. |
Jan. 23 | Conference on Disarmament, first session for 2017 begins. Through March 31. Geneva. |
Week of Jan. 23 | Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes on the nomination of Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be webcast online depending on the location. |
Jan. 24 | 1:00-2:30 p.m., Gen. John Hyten, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "U.S. Strategic Command Perspectives on Deterrence and Assurance." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto , CA. RSVP by 5:00 p.m., Jan. 20 online. |
Jan. 25 | 9:30-10:30 a.m., retired Maj. Gen. Roger Burg, U.S. Air Force; and Sen. John Hoeven (ND), "America's Nuclear Backbone: The Value of ICBMs and the New Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent." Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 203, Washington. Sponsored by the Air Force Association. RSVP online. |
Jan. 25 | 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Hudson Institute, "The Iran Deal Under Trump," with four speakers. Hudson Institute, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 400, Washington. RSVP online. |
Jan. 25 | Noon, Nate Jones, author of Able Archer 83. "Author Talk with Nate Jones." National Archives, McGowan Theater, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast online. |
Jan. 26 | 10:00 a.m. EST, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announces the 2017 time for the Doomsday Clock. |
Jan. 27 | 9:00 a.m., Leonard Spector, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "Outlawing State-Sponsored Nuclear Procurement Programs and Recovery of Misappropriated Nuclear Goods." Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 1400 K St., Suite 1225, Washington. |
Jan. 27-28 | Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with President Trump and other government officials. Washington. |
Jan. 30 | Noon, Atlantic Council, "Does the Iran Nuclear Deal Help or Harm U.S. Interests in the Middle East?" with Sen. Chris Murphy (CT) and nine other speakers. Atlantic Council, 1030 15th St. NW, 12th Floor (West Tower Elevator), Washington. RSVP online. |
Jan. 30 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non‑Proliferation (VCDNP), "Reintroducing Disarmament and Cooperative Security in the Toolbox of 21st Century Leaders," with five speakers. VCDNP Conference Room, Donau-City Strasse 6, Andromeda Tower, Floor 13/1, Vienna. RSVP online. |
Week of Jan. 30 | House of Representatives floor action on a defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2017 (possible). |
Feb. 1 | 3:30-6:00 p.m., Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), "The Future of Alliances and Extended Nuclear Deterrence," with eight speakers. CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
Feb. 1 | Deadline for initial Letters of Inquiry to Carnegie Corporation of New York's Call for Proposals on New Technologies and Nuclear Risk. |
Feb. 20 | Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
Feb. 25-28 | J Street Conference, Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place NW, Washington |
Feb. 28-March 2 | Exchange Monitor, "Nuclear Deterrence Summit." Capitol Hilton, 1001 16th St. NW, Washington. Register online. |
March 6-10 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
March 9-10 | Creighton University, "Rethinking Deterrence and Assurance in a Globalized World." Creighton University, Omaha, NE. |
March 18-21 | Friends Committee on National Legislation, Spring Lobby Weekend, "Dismantling Income Inequality." Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW, Washington. Register online. |
March 20-21 | Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
March 27-31 | U.N. conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. United Nations. |
April 10 | Passover begins at sunset. Through April 18. |
April 10-11 | Nuclear Triad and Advanced Conventional Strike Symposium, Naval Surface Warfare Center. WestGate Academy, 13598 E. WestGate Dr., Odon, IN. |
April 14 | Good Friday. |
April 16 | Easter. |
April 23 | First round of the French presidential election. |
April 28 | Continuing resolution for unfinished appropriation bills for fiscal year 2017 expires. |
April 29 | End of the first 100 days of the Trump administration. |
April-June | Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based-Interceptor missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
Week of May 1 | President Trump's submits the fiscal year 2018 budget to Congress (estimate). |
May 2-12 | First PrepCom for the 2020 NPT Review Conference. Vienna. |
May 7 | Second round of the French presidential election. |
May 19 | Iranian presidential election. |
May 21-24 | Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, annual DC Days. Washington. |
May 26-27 | President Trump attends a G7 summit. Taormina, Sicily, Italy. |
May 29 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
June 15-July 7 | U.N. conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. United Nations. |
July 4 | Independence Day (holiday). |
July 7-8 | President Trump attends a G20 summit. Hamburg, Germany. |
July 29-Sept. 4 | House and Senate summer recess. |
July 31 | European Union sanctions against Russia expire. |
Aug. 4 | 40th anniversary of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91). |
Aug. 9-10 | U.S. Strategic Command, Deterrence Symposium, La Vista, NE. |
Sept. 4 | Labor Day (holiday). |
Sept. 20 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset. Through Sept. 22. |
Sept. 23 | 25th anniversary of the last U.S. nuclear test, "Divider." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada Nuclear Security Site. |
Sept. 29 | Yom Kippur begins at sunset. Through Oct. 12. |
Sept. | Germany holds federal parliamentary elections. |
Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
Oct. 1 | 25th anniversary of the U.S. Senate ratification of the START I treaty on a 93-6 vote. The treaty reduced the number of U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear weapons by 80 percent to 6,000 each. |
Oct. 3 | 65th anniversary of the first British nuclear test. Montebello Islands, Western Australia. |
Oct. 9 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
Nov. 1 | 65th anniversary of the world's first hydrogen bomb test by the United States, Ivy Mike. The test was 700 times the size of the Hiroshima bomb and vaporized the island of Elugelab, Marshall Islands. |
Nov. 7 | U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and mayoral elections in New York City and many cities. |
Nov. 10 | Veterans Day observed (federal holiday). |
Nov. 10-11 | President Trump attends an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders meeting. Da Nang, Vietnam. |
Nov. 11 | Veterans Day |
Nov. 23 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
Dec. 2 | 75th anniversary of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. University of Chicago. |
Dec. 8 | 30th anniversary of the signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Washington. The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges, defined as between 300 and 3,400 miles. |
Dec. 12 | Hanukkah begins at sunset. Through Dec. 20 |
Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday). |
TBA | President Trump attends a NATO summit. Brussels. |
TBA | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, NM. |
2018 | |
Feb. 5 | New START Treaty due date for U.S. and Russia to reach a limit of 1,550 deployed strategic weapons each. |
March 6 | U.S. sanctions against Russia expire. |
March 11 | Russian presidential election. |
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