| May 6 | 9:25-10:40 a.m., Leon Sigal, Social Science Research Council; Joel Wit, SAIS; and Fabrice Vareille, European Union, "Understanding the Tensions on the Korean Peninsula and the Next Steps for Washington." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
| May 6 | 10:50 a.m.-noon, Rachel Stohl, Stimson Center; Paul O’Brien, Oxfam; and Richard Tauwhare, U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, "The New Arms Trade Treaty–Assessing Its Impact and Accelerating Its Implementation." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
| May 6 | Noon-2:00 p.m., Francesca Giovannini, Stanford University, "Cooperating to Compete: The Role of Regional Powers in Global Nuclear Governance." Monterey Institute, CNS Building, 499 Van Buren St., Monterey, CA. RSVP by [email protected]" title="Monterey Institute email">email. |
| May 6 | 12:15-1:30 p.m., Ellen Tauscher, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, "Prague 2.0 – Next Steps for the Second Term." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register online. |
| May 6 | 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. (Delayed; was due March 1.) |
| May 6-10 | Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, meets with Japanese officials (Tokyo, March 6-8) and South Korean officials (Seoul, May 9-10). |
| May 6-10 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| Week of May 6 | Senate floor vote on the nomination of Ernie Moniz to be Energy Secretary (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| May 7 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Don Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Sustaining the Nuclear Enterprise." Part of thePeter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 7 | 9:00 a.m., Transform Now Plowshares begins trial for sabotage 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. |
| May 7 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Air Force budget, with Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| May 7 | 2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on National Nuclear Security Administration management of its National Security Laboratories, with Charles McMillan, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Paul Hommert, Sandia National Laboratories; Penrose Albright, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and Charles Shank, Committee to Review the Quality of the Management and of the Science and Engineering Research at the Department of Energy's National Security Laboratories. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| May 7 | 3:00-4:30 p.m., Cheryl Rofer, Nuclear Diner, "Win-Win Nonproliferation Solutions for Expanding Nuclear Power." Monterey Institute, CNS Building, 499 Van Buren St., Monterey, CA. RSVP by [email protected]" title="Monterey Institute email">email. |
| May 7 | 5:30-7:00 p.m., Clark Murdock, Stephanie Spies and John Warden, Center for Strategic and International Studies, report launch of Forging a Consensus for a Sustainable U.S. Nuclear Posture. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Fourth Floor, Washington. RSVP to Sarah Weiner by [email protected]" title="Sarah Weiner">email. |
| May 7 | 10:00 p.m., screening of In My Lifetime: A Presentation of The Nuclear World Project on Maryland Public Television and other public television stations. |
| May 7 | Time TBA, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye meets with President Obama. White House, Washington. |
| May 7 | South Carolina special election for the 1st Congressional District between Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) and former Gov. Mark Sanford (R) to replace former Rep. and now Sen. Tim Scott. |
| May 7-8 | Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Moscow. |
| May 8 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, hearing on Navy shipbuilding programs. 232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| May 8 | 10:30 a.m., South Korean President Park Geun-hye addresses a joint meeting of Congress. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| May 8 | 1:15-2:45 p.m., William Perry, former Defense Secretary, "A Journey at the Nuclear Brink." Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Japanese Mission, Andromeda Tower, Donau-City Strasse 6, Floor 24, Vienna. RSVPonline. |
| May 8 | 1:15-5:30 p.m., International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists, "The 2013 NPT PrepCom and Implementation of the 2010 NPT Action Plan." U.S. Embassy, 24 Grosvenor Square, London. |
| May 8 | 2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, with Neile Miller, Acting Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Don Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, NNSA; Adm. John Richardson, Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, NNSA; David Huizenga, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management; and David Trimble, Government Accountability Office. 232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| May 8 | 3:00-5:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the budget for Missile Defense Programs, with Madelyn Creedon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs; Michael Gilmore, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Department; and Vice Adm. James Syring, Director, Missile Defense Agency. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| May 8 | 4:00-5:30 p.m., Kate Brown, University of Maryland, "Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters." Wilson Center, Sixth Floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. |
| May 9 | 9:00-11:00 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on budget for Atomic Energy Defense Activities and Nuclear Forces Programs, with Madelyn Creedon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs; David Huizenga, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management; Gen. Robert Kehler, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command; Neile Miller, Acting Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; Andrew Weber, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs; and Peter Winokur, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| May 9 | 2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Ballistic Missile Defense Policies and Programs, with Madelyn Creedon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs; Michael Gilmore, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Department; Lt. Gen. Richard Formica, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Vice Adm. James Syring, Director, Missile Defense Agency; and Cristina Chaplain, Government Accountability Office. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| May 10 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Mark Schneider, National Institute for Public Policy, and Steve Blank, U.S. Army War College, "Future Russian Strategic Challenges." Part of thePeter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 10 | 1:30-4:30 p.m., Joseph Bosco, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Steven Bucci, Heritage Foundation; and Robert King, U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Human Rights Issues, "The Korean Peninsula Issues and U.S. National Security." Sponsored by the ICAS Liberty Foundation. B318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 11 | 15th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India. |
| May 13 | Conference on Disarmament second session for 2013 begins. Through June 28. Geneva. |
| May 14 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jon Tester (MT), "Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control and the Triad." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Reserve Officers Association, One Constitution Ave., NE, Washington. RSVPonline. |
| May 14-15 | Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), "2013 PONI Spring Conference." Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Register by April 29 online. |
| May 15 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Frank Miller, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "Challenges to Achieving Strategic Stability." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 15 | Noon-1:30 p.m., Andrew Weber, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, and four other speakers, "Role of Science Engagement in Reducing WMD Threats." George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Seventh Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 15 | 1:30-2:30 p.m., Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution, and Ted Seay, British American Security Information Council, "Next Steps in Nuclear Arms Control." International Institute for Strategic Studies, Arundel House, Fourth Floor, 13–15 Arundel St., Temple Place, London. RSVP to Charlotte Laycock by [email protected]" title="Charlotte Laycock">email. |
| May 15 | European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meets with meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili. Istanbul. |
| May 15 | International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran meet to discuss further investigation of Iran's nuclear program. Vienna. |
| May 19 | 2:00 p.m., screening of Hibakusha, Our Life to Live. Beech Street Center, 266 Beech St., Belmont, MA. |
| May 21 | 10:00-11:30 a.m., Chen Kane and Miles Pomper, Monterey Institute, "South Korea as a Nuclear Exporter: Successes & Challenges for the Future." Korea Economic Institute, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 21 to 23 | U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile fromVandenberg Air Force Base, CA, toward the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Central Pacific Ocean. |
| May 22 | 10:30 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website depending on room location. |
| May 23-24 | Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and NATO officials meet with Russian officials to discuss missile defense. Moscow. |
| May 24 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Michael Pillsbury, Defense Department; Gordon Chang, author; and Richard Fischer, International Assessment and Strategy Center, "China’s Challenge: Nuclear and Missile Defense Perspectives." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 24-June 2 | House and Senate Memorial Day recess. (Senate recess begins May 25.) |
| May 27 | Memorial Day (holiday). |
| May 27 | 25th anniversary of Senate ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by a vote of 93 to 5. The treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons. |
| May 28 | 15th anniversary of Pakistan's first nuclear test. Chagai Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan. |
| May 31 | Defense Department completes 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. |
| May | National Security Advisor Tom Donilon meets with Chinese officials. Beijing. |
| May | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| May | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site. |
| May or June | 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. |
| May or June | India test launches its new Agni V intermediate-range ballistic missile. Integrated Test Range, Wheeler Island, Orissa, India. |
| May or June | House of Representatives floor vote (on the suspension calendar) of the Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act of 2013, H.R. 1073 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| May or June | House of Representatives floor vote (on the suspension calendar) of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, H.R. 1208 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast onC-SPAN. |
| May or June | Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, markup of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act, S. 507 (estimate). 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| June 1 | 25th anniversary of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty entering into force. The treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons. |
| June 3-7 | International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
| June 4 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Richard Formica, Commander, Space and Missile Defense Command, "Global and Layered Missile Defense Perspectives." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 4 | Missouri special election for the 8th Congressional District to replace former Rep. Jo Ann Emerson. |
| June 5 | 10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| June 7 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Force, "Future of USAF Nuclear Deterrent Forces." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 10 | 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's commencement address at American University, where he called for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Washington.American University website of the event. |
| Week of June 10 | House of Representatives floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| June 11 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., former Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ), "The Enduring Requirements of U.S. Strategic Security: Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Defense Policy and Missile Defense." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 11 | 3:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232A Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed). |
| June 11 | 6:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 232A Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed). |
| June 12 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Robert Kehler, U.S. Strategic Command, "Missile Defense, Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Prompt Global Strike and the Search for Strategic Stability in a Constrained Budget Environment." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 12 | 2:30-9:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Committee begins markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
| June 12-13 | Royal United Services Institute, "Missile Defence Conference." Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, London. |
| June 13 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; and John Harvey, Office of Secretary of Defense, "The Nuclear Infrastructure Challenge and Deterrence Implications." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 13 | 9:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Committee continues (and may complete) markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed). |
| June 14 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Larry Welch (retired), Institute for Defense Analysis, "Nuclear Triad, Arms Control, Deterrence and America’s Security." Part of thePeter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 14 | 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee continues (if necessary) markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office building, Washington (closed). |
| June 14 | Iranian presidential election. |
| June 16 | U.S.-Russian umbrella agreement for the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program expires. |
| June 17-18 | President Obama attends the G-8 summit. Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. President Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit. |
| June 17-21 | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Science and Technology Conference 2013." Hofburg Palace, Vienna. Register by Feb. 1 online. |
| 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. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 21 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., David Ahern, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic and Tactical Systems, "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 25 | Massachusetts special Senate election between Gabriel Gomez (R) and Rep. Ed Markey (D) to replace former Sen. John Kerry. |
| June 27 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Adm. Terry Benedict, Strategic Systems Programs, U.S. Navy, "Naval Strategic Modernization and Nuclear Deterrence Perspectives." Part of thePeter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| June 28 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Frank Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Defense Policy, "European, NATO and Space, Proliferation Missile Defense Challenges." Part of the Peter Huessy Congressional Breakfast Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| 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. |
| Summer | 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. |
| 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). |
| 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 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). |
| 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. Registeronline. |
| 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 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 | Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva. |
| July 16 | Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
| July 17 | 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 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., MS 2G2, Fairfax, VA. Register online. Register by May 15 for a discounted rate. |
| July 29 | Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2013 begins. Through Sept. 13. Geneva. |
| July | 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. Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. May be webcast on the committee website depending on room location. |
| July | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for theSurplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. |
| July | Russian navy test launches the Bulava ballistic missile from the submarineAlexander Nevsky. |
| 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 | Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 9 | Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests. |
| Aug. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| 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 an estimate). 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. 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. 28-Oct. 1 | J Street national conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, 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. |
| Sept. | National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decisionSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| Sept. | Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). Vienna. |
| 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 theLimited Test Ban Treaty. White House, Washington. |
| 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. 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 2014). City TBA, Canada. |
| Oct.-Nov. | U.N. General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. |
| 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) andannual 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). |
| 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. Washington. |
| TBA | Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(possible). Helsinki. |
| 2014 | |
| 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 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). |
| Jan. or Feb. | Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories, "Strategic Weapons in the 21st Century." Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington (estimate) (closed). |
| 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 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 24-26 | President Obama attends the Third Nuclear Security Summit. (Dates are estimates). 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. |
| 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. |
