| June 17-21 |
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), "Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Science and Technology 2013 Conference." Keynote speakers include Hans Blix, Siegfried Hecker and Ellen Tauscher. Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna. RSVP online. Webcast on the CTBTO website. |
| Week of June 17 |
House of Representatives floor action on the defense appropriations bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| June 18 |
9:00 a.m., Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, "The Implications of the NPT Regime for Nonproliferation." George Washington University, City View Room, 1957 E St., NW, Seventh Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 18 |
10:30 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast. |
| June 18 |
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, ”Meeting Challenges of Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation." Vilnius, Lithuania. |
| June 18 |
6:30-7:30 p.m., Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, screening of the play Reykjavik, written by Richard Rhodes. Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna. Tickets available from Awoba Macheiner by email. |
| June 18 |
7:30-8:30 p.m., Hans Blix, former director of the IAEA; Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Hindustan Times; Patricia Lewis, Chatham House; Roald Sagdeev, former Soviet President Gorbachev’s science advisor; and Ellen Tauscher, former Undersecretary of State, 'How Can Science Help the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Enter into Force?". Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna. Tickets available from Awoba Macheiner by email. |
| June 19 |
Time TBA, President Obama gives a major speech at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. |
| June 19 |
5:30-7:00 p.m., Thomas Donnelly, American Enterprise Institute; Andrew Krepinevich, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; Benjamin Friedman, Cato Institute; and Kori Schake, Hoover Institution, "Debate: Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget is a Gift to our Enemies." Reagan Building Amphitheater, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 19 |
7:30 p.m., Catherine Thomasson, Physicians Social Responsibility, "Nuclear Famine: A Billion People at Risk." Polyclinic Hospital Cafeteria, 2501 N. Third St., Harrisburg, PA. RSVP to Robert Little by email. |
| June 20 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL), "Missile Defense and Nuclear Deterrence Futures, A Senate Perspective." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. At the Reserve Officers of America, One Constitution Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 20 |
9:30-11:00 a.m., John Deni, U.S. Army War College; Jim Thomas, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; and Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution, "The Army and Ballistic Missile Defense." Reserve Officers Association, One Constitution Ave., NE, Fifth Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 20 |
Time TBA, George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment, "Nuclear Doctrines, Declaratory Policies and the Role of Nuclear Weapons." Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, 4 bis rue des Pâtures, Paris. |
| June 21 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Frank Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Defense Policy, "Missile Defense and Nuclear Deterrent Acquisition Strategy." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 24 |
7:00 p.m., Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and Plan-B Theatre Company, performance of the play Reykjavik and post-performance discussion with Richard Rhodes, the playwright. Jeanne Wagner Theatre, 138 W. 300 S., Salt Lake City. Free tickets available online. |
| Week of June 24 |
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| Week of June 24 |
Defense Department releases its "Strategic Choices and Management Review,” which is to frame the Defense Department's guidance for the fiscal year 2015 budget and to be the foundation for the Quadrennial Defense Review due to Congress in Feb (estimate). |
| June 25 |
12:30-2:00 p.m., Joel Wit, SAIS, "North Korean Nuclear, Missile and Space Programs: Imagery Brief and Policy Options." American Security Project, 1100 New York Ave., NW, Suite 710W, Washington. RSVP by June 21 by email. |
| June 25 |
Massachusetts special Senate election between Gabriel Gomez (R) and Rep. Ed Markey (D) to replace former Sen. John Kerry. |
| June 26 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Adm. Terry Benedict, Strategic Systems Programs, U.S. Navy, "Naval Strategic Modernization and Nuclear Deterrence Perspectives." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 26 |
50th anniversary of President Kennedy's speech in West Berlin. |
| June 27 |
11:30 a.m., former Sen. Richard Lugar (IN), and David Hamburg, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), "Give Peace a Chance: Preventing Mass Violence." AAAS, Second Floor Auditorium, 1200 New York Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 27-28 |
U.N. Open-ended Working Group on nuclear disarmament holds its second session of 2013. Geneva. |
| June 28 |
Donald Cook replaces Neile Miller as Acting Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration. |
| June 28 |
Conference on Disarmament second session for 2013 ends. Geneva. |
| June 29-July 7 |
House and Senate Independence Day recess. |
| June 30 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension, known as Selected Acquisition Reports (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3162). |
| June |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a biannual detailed report on the plan for stewardship, management and certification of warheads in the nuclear weapons stockpile (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) (estimate; delayed from March 15). |
| June |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
| June |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
| June or July |
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| June or July |
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Rose Gottemoeller to be Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| June or July |
Senate floor action on the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act, S. 507 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Summer |
Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based Interceptor missile from Vandenberg 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. |
| July 1 |
Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise submits its interim report to Congress (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3166) (likely to be delayed). |
| July 1 |
Defense Departments submit to Congress a budget that will show the impact if sequestration remains in effect for fiscal year 2014. |
| July 1 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on the testing program for the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 231). |
| July 1 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on the contributions of NATO members to missile defense in Europe (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 230). |
| July 1 |
Defense and State Departments report to Congress on deploying additional conventional and nuclear forces to the Western Pacific region (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 1046). |
| July 1 |
Nuclear Weapons Council reports to Congress on efficiencies in the facilities and functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to reduce costs (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3149). |
| Week of July 1 |
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice replaces Tom Donilon as National Security Advisor (estimate). |
| 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 9 |
Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Aug. 8. |
| July 10-12 |
Wilton Park, "Towards Global Nuclear Order: Deterrence, Assurance and Reductions." Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, United Kingdom. Register online. |
| July 11 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, Air Force Global Strike Command, "Nuclear Deterrent and Triad Perspectives." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| July 11 |
6:00-7:30 p.m., Bill Richardson, former New Mexico governor; and Jon Williams, ABC News, "'Avoiding Apocalypse': Searching for Peace with North Korea." Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York. Register online. Webcast on the Asia Society website. |
| July 14-18 |
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management annual meeting. JW Marriott Desert Springs, Palm Desert, CA. |
| July 15 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3143). |
| July 15-19 |
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "CTBT Diplomacy and Public Policy Course." Vienna. Register online. |
| July 16 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. William Shelton, Air Force Space Command, "Cyber Security Space Missile & Defense and U.S. Security." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| July 16 |
6:00-9:00 p.m., Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Utah Film Center and Utah Symphony/Utah Opera, screening of Doctor Atomic opera. City Library, 210 E. 400 S., Salt Lake City. |
| July 16 |
Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
| July 19 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, Rubincon, "Middle East Perspectives on Missile Threats and Global Missile Defense Responses." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| July 22-24 |
George Mason University, "Pandemics, Bioterrorism and International Security." George Mason University, University Hall, Suite 2300, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA. Register online. |
| July 25-26 |
Federation of American Scientists, "Workshop on Terrorism Analysis." George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Register online. |
| July 29 |
Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2013 begins. Through Sept. 13. Geneva. |
| July 31-Aug. 1 |
Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), "2013 PONI Summer Conference." Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico. Register by July 12 online. |
| July |
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, markup of the State and foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| July |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| July |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
| July |
Russian navy test launches the Bulava ballistic missile from the submarine Alexander Nevsky. |
| July |
India test launches its new Agni V intermediate-range ballistic missile. Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
| Aug. 1 |
Former basketball star Dennis Rodman returns to North Korea. |
| Aug. 3-9 |
Gensuikyo, "World Conference Against A- and H- Bombs." Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. |
| Aug. 5 |
50th anniversary of the signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty by United States, Soviet Union and United Kingdom. Moscow. |
| Aug. 6 |
7:00 p.m., Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, screening of The Man Who Saved the World. Salt Lake City Library Auditorium, 201 E 400 S, Salt Lake City. |
| Aug. 6 |
Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 9 |
Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 13 |
New Jersey special Senate primary election to replace the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. |
| Aug. 19-30 |
U.N. Open-ended Working Group on nuclear disarmament holds its third and final session of 2013. Geneva. |
| Aug. 29 |
International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
| Sept. 2 |
Labor Day (holiday). |
| Sept. 4 |
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 6. |
| Sept. 4 or 5 |
President Obama has a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Dates are estimates.) St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| Sept. 5-6 |
President Obama attends the G-20 summit. St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| 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 |
12th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
| Sept. 13 |
Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2013 ends. Geneva. |
| Sept. 13 |
Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 14. |
| Sept. 13-16 |
House of Representatives Yom Kippur recess. |
| Sept. 16-20 |
International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna. |
| Sept. 21-29 |
House of Representatives recess. |
| Sept. 23 |
Transform Now Plowshares sentencing hearing for charges of interfering with or obstructing the national defense and depredation of government property at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, TN. U.S. District Court for Eastern Tennessee, U.S. Courthouse, 800 Market St., Suite 130, Knoxville, TN. |
| Sept. 23-27 |
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, "September 2013 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Short Course." Apply by Aug. 7 by email. |
| Sept. 24 |
~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Broadcast on CNN, video webcast on the U.N. website and may be video webcast on the White House website. |
| Sept. 24 |
50th anniversary of Senate ratification of the Limited Test Ban Treaty by a vote of 80 to 19. |
| Sept. 26 |
U.N. General Assemble holds a high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament. United Nations. |
| Sept. 27 |
Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). United Nations. |
| Sept. 28-Oct. 1 |
J Street national conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington. |
| Sept. 29-Oct. 1 |
Women's Action for New Directions and Women Legislators' Lobby conference and lobby day. Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel, 415 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington. |
| Sept. 30 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension, known as Selected Acquisition Reports (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3162). |
| Sept. |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM. |
| Sept. 30-Oct. 1 |
International Institute for Strategic Studies and EU Non-proliferation Consortium, "EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Conference." Brussels. |
| Oct. 1 |
Federal budget year begins. |
| Oct. 2-4 |
Holy See, conference on the 50th anniversary of the encyclical letter Pacem in Terris, which called for an end of the nuclear arms race. Rome. |
| Oct. 5-7 |
President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Bali, Indonesia. |
| Oct. 7 |
50th anniversary of President Kennedy's signing of the articles of ratification of the Limited Test Ban Treaty. White House, Washington. |
| Oct. 7-Nov. 5 |
U.N. General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. |
| Oct. 10 |
50th anniversary of the Limited Test Ban Treaty entering into force. |
| Oct. 11 |
5:00 a.m. EDT (11 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
| Oct. 12-21 |
House and Senate Columbus Day recess. (Senate recess ends Oct. 20.) |
| Oct. 14 |
Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
| Oct. 15 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3143). |
| Oct. 16 |
New Jersey special Senate election to replace the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. |
| Oct. 30 |
National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers. |
| Oct. 31-Nov. 11 |
House of Representatives Veterans Day recess. (The Senate has not scheduled its recess yet.) |
| Early Oct. |
Dutch Foreign Ministry, preparatory meeting for the third Nuclear Security Summit (to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, March 24-25). City TBA, Canada. |
| Oct. |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| Oct. or Nov. |
Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 1034, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Nov. 5 |
U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and mayoral elections in many cities. |
| Nov. 11 |
Veterans Day (federal holiday). |
| Nov. 14-17 |
Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers), lobby day (Nov. 14) and annual meeting (Nov. 14-17). Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, Washington. |
| Nov. 20 |
30th anniversary of the broadcast of The Day After, a TV movie that depicted a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| Nov. 22-Dec. 1 |
House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. (The Senate has not scheduled its recess yet.) |
| Nov. 25-29 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| Nov. 27 |
Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 5. |
| Nov. 28 |
Thanksgiving (holiday). |
| Nov. |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| Dec. 1 |
Yukiya Amano begins a second, four-year term as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna. |
| Dec. 2 |
Office of Management and Budget returns amended budget requests to federal departments for fiscal year 2015, known as budget passbacks (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 3. |
| Dec. 2-6 |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
| Dec. 13 |
House of Representatives target adjournment. |
| Dec. 17 |
75th anniversary of the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman. Berlin. |
| Dec. 25 |
Christmas (holiday). |
| Dec. 31 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension, known as Selected Acquisition Reports (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3162). |
| Dec. |
U.S.-Russian "Megatons to Megawatts" agreement, managed by USEC, expires. |
| Dec. |
Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva. |
| TBA |
Obama administration completes the Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study. |
| TBA |
Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Chang Wanquan meets with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Pentagon, Washington. |
| TBA |
Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction (possible). Helsinki. |
| 2014 |
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| Jan. 1 |
New Year's Day (holiday). |
| Jan. 2 |
U.S. Strategic Command reports to Congress on the underground tunnel network in China with respect to the capability of the United States to use conventional and nuclear forces to neutralize such tunnels and what is stored within such tunnels (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 1045) |
| Jan. 2 |
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) |
| Jan. 7 |
Congress convenes (estimate). |
| Jan. 14 |
20th anniversary of the Trilateral Agreement between Ukraine, Russia and United States under which Ukraine agreed to transfer all former Soviet strategic nuclear warheads to Russia for dismantlement. |
| Jan. 14 |
20th anniversary of the announcement by President Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin that by the end of May 1993, no country will be targeted by missiles of the United States or Russia. |
| Jan. 15 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3143). |
| Jan. 20 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday). |
| Jan. 20 |
Conference on Disarmament first session for 2014 begins (estimate). Through March 28. Geneva. |
| Jan. 27 |
National Downwinders Day. |
| Jan. 30 |
Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367). |
| Late Jan. or early Feb. |
9:00 p.m., President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast, video webcast and audio webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks and video webcast on the White House website. |
| Feb. 1 |
Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise submits its final report to Congress (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3166). |
| Feb. 3 |
~11:00 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website. |
| Feb. 3 |
~1:30 p.m., Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz presents the Energy Department's annual budget. Energy Department, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. RSVP required. Budget posted on the Energy Department website. |
| Feb. 3 |
Defense Department submits the Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress (10 U.S. Code Sec. 118). |
| Feb. 15 |
Defense Department's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation submits to Congress an annual report on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note). |
| 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. 15-23 |
House and Senate Presidents Day recess (estimate). |
| Feb. 17 |
Presidents Day (federal holiday). |
| March 1 |
Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States (50 U.S. Code, Sec. 2523b). |
| March 1 |
Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the military and security developments involving China (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website. |
| March 1 |
Defense Department, with the National Nuclear Security Administration, submits to Congress a biennial report on the nuclear triad (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). |
| March 1 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the budget, objectives and metrics of the defense nuclear nonproliferation programs (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3145). |
| March 2-4 |
American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington. |
| March 3-7 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| March 15 |
Defense Department provides Congress an annual briefing on nuclear weapons employment strategy, plans and options of the United States (10 U.S. Code Sec. 491). |
| March 15 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a biannual summary of the plan for stewardship, management and certification of warheads in the nuclear weapons stockpile (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523). |
| March 21-24 |
Ecumenical Advocacy Days. DoubleTree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. |
| March 22-25 |
Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers), spring lobby weekend. Washington. |
| March 24-25 |
President Obama attends the third Nuclear Security Summit. The Hague, Netherlands. |
| March 28 |
Conference on Disarmament first session for 2014 ends (estimate). Geneva. |
| March 28 |
35th anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. |
| March 31 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension, known as Selected Acquisition Reports (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3162). |
| March 31 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110). |
| April 5 |
Fifth anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons. |
| April 8 |
Fourth anniversary of the signing of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Prague. The treaty reduced the number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia from 2,200 to 1,550 each. |
| 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 14 |
Passover begins at sundown. Through April 22. |
| April 15 |
National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress a quarterly report on the financial balances for each atomic energy defense program (Public Law 112-239, Sec. 3143). |
| 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 18 |
Good Friday |
| April 20 |
Easter. |
| April-May |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. United Nations. |
| May 26 |
Memorial Day (holiday). |
| May 26 |
10th anniversary of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Global Threat Reduction Initiative, a program to secure nuclear bomb grade material around the world. |
| May |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM. |
| May-July |
President Obama attends the G-8 summit. Sochi, Russia. |
| June 2-5 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| June 6 |
25th anniversary of the FBI raid on the Rocky Flats Plant, near Boulder, CO, for environmental violations. |
| June 28 |
Ramadan begins at sundown. Through July 28. |
| TBA |
Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates) foreign ministers meeting. Hiroshima, Japan. |
| TBA |
Mexican Foreign Ministry, Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons. City TBA, Mexico. |
