Friends Committee on National Legislation - Nuclear Calendar

Sept.�17-? - Senate resumes floor action on the defense authorization bill, S.�1547, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.

Sept. 17-21 - International Atomic Energy Agency annual general conference. Vienna, Austria

Sept. 18 - 3:30-4:30 p.m., Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, "U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement--Next Steps for Congress and the U.S." Sponsored by the U.S. India Business Alliance and the Congressional Task Force on U.S.-India Trade. 2253�Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP to Lisa Williams with Delegate Eni Faleomavaega by email or to the U.S. India Business Alliance by email or at (202) 628-3450.

Sept. 19 - 10:30 a.m.-noon, Fariba Davoodi-Mohajer, Iranian activist and journalist; Hadi Ghaemi, currently on leave from Human Rights Watch; and Frances Harrison, BBC Tehran correspondent from August 2004 to August 2007, "A Snapshot of Iran Today: Three Views." Noon-12:30�p.m., lunch. 12:30�p.m.-2:00�p.m., Jake Colvin, USA*Engage; Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and Jeffrey Schott, Peterson Institute, "Sanctions: Pros, Cons, and Facts." Sponsored the Pluralism Fund. HC-6�Capitol Building, Washington. RSVP to Jackie Fowler by email or at (202) 547-5797.

Sept. 20 - 8:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m., University of California, "Political Change in Pakistan," with four speakers. UC Washington Center, 1608�Rhode Island�Ave. N.W., Washington. RSVP to Joseph McGhee by email or at (202) 974-6295.

Sept. 20 - 8:00 p.m., American University symposium, "Surge or Scourge? The Truth About Iraq and Iran You Won't Learn from Petraeus, Bush, or Cheney." with 10 speakers. American University, 4400�Massachusetts�Ave., N.W., Katzen Arts Center Recital Hall, Washington

Sept. 20 - 3:30-5:00 p.m., Joseph�Jockel, St. Lawrence University, "Canada in NORAD, 1957-2007." Hudson Institute, 1015�15th�St., N.W., Sixth�Floor, Washington

Sept. 21 - Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns and officials from China, France, Germany, Russia, and United Kingdom meet to discuss further UN Security Council sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Washington

Sept. 21 - Yom Kippur begins at sundown.

Sept. 21-23 - House and Senate Yom Kippur Recess

Sept. 23 - 15th anniversary of the last U.S. nuclear test, conducted at the Nevada Test Site

Week of Sept. 24 - Senate floor action on the defense appropriations bill, H.R.�3222. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.

Sept. 25 - Morning, President Bush addresses the UN General Assembly. Broadcast on CNN and webcast on the United Nations website.

Sept. 25 - 10:00 a.m., Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hearing on "Marshall Islands Nuclear Testing Compensation," with Kessai Note, president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 366�Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website and CapitolHearings.org.

Sept. 26 - 9:00-11:00 p.m. EDT, Democratic presidential debate. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Broadcast on NBC and webcast on MSNBC.

Sept. 27 - 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, Republican presidential debate. Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. Broadcast and webcast on PBS.

Sept. 28 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with foreign ministers of China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom to discuss the Iran sanctions issue. Location TBA

Between Sept.�28 and Oct.�2 - Missile Defense Agency conducts an interceptor test of the ground-based missile defense system. Kodiak Island, AK and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA

Sept. 30-Oct.�2 - WiLL/WAND National Conference, "Women at the Table of Power." Washington Court Hotel, Washington

Sept. or Oct. - Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Maj.�Gen.�Robert Smolen to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration (possible)

Sept. or Oct. - Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Mark Kimmitt to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs (possible)

Sept. or Oct. - Defense, Energy, and State Departments submit to Congress a detailed version of "National Security and Nuclear Weapons: Maintaining Deterrence in the 21st Century."

Sept. or Oct. - JASON group submits to Congress a summary report on the proposed Reliable Replacement Warhead. The report may be posted online.

Oct. 1 - Federal budget year begins.

Oct. 2 - 15th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium (Sec.�507, Public Law�102-377)

Oct. 2-4 - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Pyongyang, North Korea

Oct. 4-13 - Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Keep Space for Peace Week

Oct. 4-Nov.�2 - UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations

Oct. 6-14 - Senate Columbus Day recess

Oct. 8 - Columbus Day (federal holiday)

Oct. 9 - 1:00 p.m., Douglas Roche, former Canadian senator, book launch of Global Conscience. UN Bookshop, United Nations, New York

Oct. 10 - 1:15-2:45 p.m., Middle Powers Initiative, "Towards 2010: Priorities for NPT Consensus." United Nations, Conference Room 6, New York

Oct. 11 - 1:15-2:45 p.m., Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, "Security Through a Nuclear Weapon-Free World." United Nations, Conference Room�4, New York

Oct. 12 - 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., University of Pittsburgh, "Securing our Survival: Meeting the Threats of Nuclear Weapons and Global Warming." University of Pittsburgh Law School, Pittsburgh. RSVP online.

Oct. 12 - Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway

Oct. 14 - Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC.

Oct. 15 - 1:15-2:45 p.m., Secure World Foundation, Russian Government, and UN Institute for Disarmament Research, "Exploring Cooperative Approaches to Security in Space." United Nations, Conference Room�4, New York

Oct. 16 - 6:00 p.m., UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and HBO, reception and screening of White Light, Black Rain, United Nations, Conference Room�4, New York

Oct. 16 - Special election to replace former Rep.�Marty Meehan (MA-5)

Oct. 17 - 1:15-2:45 p.m., Middle Powers Initiative, "Follow-on to START/SORT." Middle Powers Initiative, 675�Third�Ave., Suite�315, New York

Oct. 21 - Project for Nuclear Awareness conference with Joseph Cirincione, Center for American Progress, and world premiere of Craig Eisendrath's movie, The Khan Game. Philadelphia

Oct. 21 - Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Orlando, FL. Broadcast on Fox News.

Oct. 22 - 1:00-3:00 p.m., UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Global Security Institute, screening of Final Frontier. United Nations, Conference Room�4, New York

Oct. 23-24 - United Methodist Church Council of Bishops holds public hearings in preparation for a new statement on nuclear weapons. Location TBA, Washington

Oct. 24 - 1:15-2:45 p.m., Middle Powers Initiative, "Nuclear Fuel Cycle Issues." Middle Powers Initiative, 675�Third�Ave., Suite�315, New York

Oct. 24 - United Nations Day

Oct. 25 - 1:15-2:45 p.m., Atomic Mirror, "Nuclear Weapons Free Zone: Path to a Nuclear Free World." United Nations, Conference Room�4, New York

Oct. 30 - Time TBA, Democratic presidential debate. Philadelphia. Broadcast on NBC and webcast on MSNBC.

Early Oct. - Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation John Rood and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak continue discussions on the proposed U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and Czech Republic. Location TBA

Oct. - House floor action on the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act, H.R.�1400 (estimate)

Oct. - Senate floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, S.�1751, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.

Oct. - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov to discuss the proposed U.S. missile defense bases in Poland and the Czech Republic. Moscow

Oct. - UN Security Council considers additional sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program (possible).

Oct. - Six-party talks continue on North Korea's nuclear program. Beijing

Late Oct. - Energy Department issues the draft PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement) for Complex 2030, the proposed plan to modernize the nuclear weapons complex (tentative).

Late Oct. or Nov. - Foreign ministers of China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and United States meet on North Korea's nuclear program. Beijing

Nov. 1 - JASON group submits to Congress a final report on the Reliable Replacement Warhead. The report may be posted online.

Nov. 5-9 - Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The�Hague, Netherlands

Nov. 6 - Election day, with gubernatorial elections in Kentucky and Mississippi, and mayoral elections in many cities

Nov. 6 - Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Broadcast and webcast on MSNBC.

Nov. 8 - Time TBA, Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark, "Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Washington, DC. Location TBA, Washington

Nov. 8-11 - Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting. Georgetown University Conference Hotel, Washington

Nov. 12 - Veterans Day observed (federal holiday)

Nov. 14-15 - Nuclear Suppliers Group consultative group meeting. Vienna, Austria. The U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement will be on the agenda.

Nov. 15 - Time TBA, Democratic presidential debate. Las�Vegas, NV. Broadcast and webcast on CNN.

Nov. 17-Dec.�2 - House and Senate Thanksgiving recess (if Congress is still in session)

Nov. 19-22 - International Atomic Energy Agency, "International Conference on Illicit Nuclear Trafficking: Collective Experience and the Way Forward." Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Nov. 22 - Thanksgiving (holiday)

Nov. 22-23 - International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria

Nov. 28 - Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. St.�Petersburg, FL. Broadcast on CNN and webcast on YouTube.

Dec. 2 - Russian Duma elections

Dec. 4 - Hanukkah begins at sundown.

Dec. 10 - 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Peace and Security Initiative meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779�Massachusetts�Ave.,�N.W., Washington

Dec. 10 - 5:30-7:00 p.m., Douglas Feith, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, "War and Decision." American Enterprise Institute, 1150�17th�St., N.W., Washington

Dec. 10 - Time TBA, Democratic presidential debate. Los Angles. Broadcast on CNN.

Dec. 10 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway

Dec. 10-14 - Biological Weapons Convention, annual meeting. Geneva

Dec. 11 - Special election to replace the late Rep. Paul Gillmor (OH-5)

Dec. 17 - Time TBA, Democratic presidential debate. JFK Library, Boston, MA. Broadcast and webcast on CNN.

Dec. 17-21 - Wilton Park Conference, "Can Nuclear Non-Proliferation be Enforced?" Wilton Park, Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Dec. 19 - South Korean presidential election

Dec. 25 - Christmas (holiday)

Dec. 31 - National Academy of Sciences report to Congress on the Prevention of Proliferation of Biological Weapons (Public Law�109-364, Sec.�3116).

Dec. - U.S. and Poland reach agreement on the U.S. basing 10 interceptor missiles in Poland as part of the U.S. missile defense system (possible).

Dec. - North Korea completes the disclosure and disablement of its nuclear program.

2008 -

Jan. 1 - New Year's Day (holiday)

Jan. 5 - Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Johnston, IA

Jan. 6 - Time TBA, Democratic presidential debate. Johnson Co., IA

Jan. 8 - Congress reconvenes (estimate)

Jan. 14 - Iowa presidential caucuses

Jan. 15 - Time TBA, Democratic presidential debate. Las Vegas, NV

Jan. 19 - Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses

Jan. 21 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday)

Jan. 22 - New Hampshire presidential primary

Jan. 22-March 28 - Conference on Disarmament first session of 2008 (estimate). Geneva

Week of Jan.�28 - Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism submits to Congress a report on nonproliferation issues (Public Law 110-53, Secs. 1851-59). (The actual due date is Feb.�3.)

Jan. 29 - Florida and South Carolina presidential primaries

Jan. 30 - Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Los Angeles. Broadcast and webcast on CNN.

Jan. 31 - Time TBA, Democratic presidential debate. Los Angeles. Broadcast and webcast on CNN.

Late-Jan. or early�Feb. - President Bush delivers the State of the Union address. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN and other networks.

Late Jan. through Feb. - Energy Department holds public meetings in Washington and 11 other cities on the draft PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement) for Complex 2030, the proposed plan to modernize the nuclear weapons complex (estimate).

Feb. 1-3 - Maine Republican presidential caucuses

Feb. 4 - President submits the federal budget to Congress.

Feb. 5 - Super Tuesday with over 20 presidential primaries

Feb. 18 - Presidents' Day (federal holiday)

Feb. - National Academy of Sciences, interim report on assessing and certifying the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile (Public Law�109-364, Sec.�3116).

March 7-10 - Ecumenical Advocacy Days, Doubletree Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, VA (March�7-9) and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Washington (March�10)

March 9 - Russian presidential election, first round

March 13-16 - Wilton Park Conference, "Nuclear Deterrence in the North Atlantic Alliance." Wilton�Park, Wiston�House, Steyning, West�Sussex, United�Kingdom

March 14 - Iranian legislative elections

March 20 - Fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq

March 21 - Good Friday

March 23 - 25th anniversary of President Reagan's "Star Wars" speech, announcing the Strategic Defense Initiative

March 23 - Easter

March-April - UN Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations

April 19 - Passover begins at sundown.

April 22 - Earth Day

April 28-May�9 - PrepCom for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in 2010. Geneva

April - South Korean National Assembly elections

Spring - National Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Sciences issue a report on the Internationalization of the Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle.

May 1 - Defense Department reports to Congress on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec.�2751 note).

May 3 - 25th anniversary of the U.S. Catholic bishops' pastoral letter on nuclear weapons

May 11 - 10th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test at Pokhran, India ("Pokhran�II")

May 26 - Memorial Day (holiday)

May - Energy Department issues the final PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement) for Complex 2030, the proposed plan to modernize the nuclear weapons complex.

May or�June - Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary meeting. Germany

June - Energy Department submits an application for the Yucca Mountain, NV nuclear waste repository to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

June - Energy Department issues a record of decision on the PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement) for Complex 2030, the proposed plan to modernize the nuclear weapons complex.

July 1 - 40th anniversary of the signing of the by the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

July 4 - Independence Day (holiday)

July 7-9 - G8 summit. Toyako, Japan

July 16 - Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM

July 21-23 - Wilton Park Conference, "Transatlantic Missile Defense" Wilton�Park, Wiston�House, Steyning, West�Sussex, United�Kingdom

Aug. 6 - Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing

Aug. 9 - Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing

Aug. 25-28 - Democratic National Convention. Denver

Aug. - National Academy of Sciences, final report on assessing and certifying the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile (Public Law�109-364, Sec.�3116).

Sept. 1 - Labor Day (federal holiday)

Sept. 1-4 - Republican National Convention. St. Paul, MN

Sept. 11 - Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

Sept. 29 - Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown.

Oct. 1 - Federal budget year begins.

Nov. 4 - Election Day

2009 -

Jan. 20 - Inauguration Day