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Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation

June 15, 2015

June 3-19	Senate floor action on the annual National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 1735 /S. 1376, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
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 16	5:30-7:30 p.m., panel of artists on addressing war-related suffering, "To Remember and Reflect," with Kristine Yuki Aono, Kitty Klaidman, Miriam Morsel Nathan and Aida Sehovic. Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition, American University, Katzen Arts Center, Third Floor, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington.
June 17	10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, hearing on "Assad’s Abhorrent Chemical Weapons Attacks," with Robert Ford, Middle East Institute; Mohamed Tennari, Syrian-American Medical Society; Farouq Habib, Mayday Rescue; and Annie Sparrow, Icahn School of Medicine. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website.
June 17	12:15 p.m., Tom Newman, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by San Francisco Airport Rotary Club. At San Francisco International Airport, Firewood Grill, International Terminal.
June 17	2:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, hearing on "The Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act: State Department’s Non-Compliance," with Thomas Melito, Government Accountability Office. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website.
June 17	Ramadan begins at sunset. Through July 17.
June 18	8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Kenneth Todorov, Deputy Director, Missile Defense Agency, "Consolidating Our Gains, Looking to the Future." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 18	Noon, Jeffrey Kimball and William Burr, book discussion of Nixon's Nuclear Specter: The Secret Alert of 1969, Madman Diplomacy and the Vietnam War. National Archives, McGowan Theater, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. Webcast on YouTube.
June 18	1:30-4:30 p.m., Dennis Blair, Sasakawa USA, and James Miller, former Undersecretary for Defense for Policy, "The Korean Peninsula Issues and U.S. National Security." Sponsored by ICAS Liberty Foundation. 216 Hart Office Building, Washington. RSVP online.
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 19	11:30 a.m-1:00 p.m., Kit McFarland, Fox News; retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former director, Defense Intelligence Agency; Clare Lopez, Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, “Iran Nuclear Deal: What Can We Expect?” Sponsored by the American Conservative Union Foundation. 345 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, RSVP online.
June 19	Noon-1:30 p.m., Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center; Tod Lindberg, Hoover Institution; Dov Zakheim, Center for Naval Analysis, book discussion of Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future. Hudson Institute, Sixth Floor, 1015 15th St. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
June 19	Noon-2:00 p.m., Suzanne Maloney, Brookings Institution; Alireza Nader, RAND; and Alex Vatanka, Middle East Institute, "Discussion of Iranian and U.S. Public Opinion." Sponsored by Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans. HC-8 Capitol Building, Washington.
June 20-?	P5+1 and Iran continue talks at the ministerial level on Iran's nuclear program. Vienna.
June 22	9:00-10:30 a.m., Elbridge Colby, Center for a New American Security; Thomas Scheber, National Institute for Public Policy; and Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Project Atom: A Competitive Strategies Approach to Defining U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Posture for 2025-2050." CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Second Floor Conference Room, Washington. RSVP online.
June 22	10:00 a.m. Vienna time (4:00 a.m. EDT), Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of Science and Technology; Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons; and Lord Des Browne, Nuclear Threat Initiative,Opening Session of CTBTO's Science and Technology Conference. Hofburg Palace, Vienna. Webcast on CTBTO Website.
June 22	3:30-5:00 p.m., retired Brig. Arun Sahgal, Director, Forum for Strategic Initiative (India), "India’s Nuclear Command and Control." Atlantic Council, 12th Floor, 1030 15th St. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
June 22-26	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, Science and Technology Conference. Hofburg Palace, Vienna. Register online. Webcast on the CTBTO website
Week of June 22	Senate floor action on the annual defense appropriations bill, S. 1558 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
June 23	7:00-9:00 p.m. panel of historians on "The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb." Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition, American University, Katzen Arts Center, Third Floor, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington.
June 23-24	Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), "2015 Summer Conference." Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM.
June 24	12:30-2:00 p.m., Cindy Vestergaard, Danish Institute for International Studies, "Governing Uranium." Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Donau-City-Strasse 6, Andromeda Tower, Conference Hall, Japanese Mission, Floor 13, Vienna. RSVP online.
June 24-25	Defense Secretary Ashton Carter attends a NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels.
June 25	8:00-9:00 a.m., Elbridge Colby, Center for a New American Security, "A Resurgent Russia: Its Strategy and Strategic Posture, Implications for U.S. and NATO," and retired Maj. Gen. William Chambers, "Northeast Asian Challenges for US Security: BMD and Nuclear Dimensions." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVPonline.
June 25	8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., retired Gen. James Cartwright, former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, former director, Missile Defense Agency; Frank Rose, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance; and other speakers, "Annual Global Missile Defense Conference." Atlantic Council, 12th Floor, 1030 15th St. NW, 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	10:00 -11:00 a.m., Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center; Matthew Kroeig, Georgetown University; and Brian Finlay, Stimson Center, book discussion of Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future. Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington. RSVP and webcast online.
June 30	Target date for a final nuclear agreement with Iran.
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.
July 7	Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, markup of the annual State and foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
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 9	Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the annual State and foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
July 10	30th anniversary of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior by the French government. Auckland, New Zealand. The ship was on its way to protest French nuclear testing in the South Pacific
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). More information by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
July 16	8:00-9:00 a.m., Tom D'Agostino, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Looking Back at NNSA: Lessons for the Future." Part of theHuessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Air Force Association Headquarters, 1501 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA. RSVP online.
July 16	70th anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
July 17	8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, former head of Israeli Missile Defense Organization, "Middle East Missile Developments and BMD Responses--An Update." Part of theHuessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 22	8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Joe Donnelly (IN), "BMD and Nuclear Deterrent Issues: A Senate Perspective." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 24	8:00-9:00 a.m., Frank Rose, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, "Missile Defense, Arms Control and America’s Security." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 28	8:00-9:00 a.m., John Harvey, former Principal Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, "Some Perspectives on the Future of the Nuclear Enterprise." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
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 29	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Trent Franks (AZ), "Connecting Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defense, Homeland Defense and EMP Threats." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 31-Sept. 7	House of Representatives summer recess.
July or Sept.	House and Senate floor action on the conference report on the annual National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 1735 and S. 1376, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2.
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. 6	Republican presidential debate. Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH. Broadcast on Fox News.
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.
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	8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. David Mann, Commander U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, "Emerging Missile Defense and SMDC Requirements." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online.
Sept. 16	Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. Broadcast onCNN.
Sept. 17	7:30 a.m.-1:40 p.m., Minot Task Force 21, "Conference on the Enduring Value of Nuclear Deterrence." At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington.
Sept. 19-23	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. 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.
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. 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. 26	Iranian parliamentary elections.
March 19	U.S.-South Korean civil nuclear cooperation agreement ("123 agreement") expires.
July 8-9	President Obama attends a NATO summit. Warsaw, Poland.
Dec. 4	Russian Duma elections (tentative).

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