Nuclear Calendar October 1 - 19, 2007

SENATE ON RECESS OCT. 6 - 14
HOUSE OCT. 6 - 8

	Nuclear Calendar October 1 - 19 . 2007 Sept. 30-Oct. 2 WiLL/WAND National Conference, "Women at the Table of Power." Washington Court Hotel, Washington Oct. 1 Federal budget year begins. Oct. 1 Senate completes floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 1547, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (tentative). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. Oct. 2 15th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium (Sec. 507, Public Law 102-377) Oct. 2-? Senate floor action on the defense appropriations bill, H.R. 3222. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. Oct. 4-13 Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Keep Space for Peace Week Oct. 6 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Joni Arends, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety; David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation; Don Hancock, Southwest Research and Information Center; and Mark Peceny, University of New Mexico, "Workshop on Nuclear Weapons, Power, and Waste." New Mexico Conference of Churches and the National Religious Partnership on the Nuclear Weapons Danger, Monte Vista Christian Church, 3501 Campus Blvd., N.E., Albuquerque, NM. RSVP to Holly Beaumont by email. Oct. 6-8 House of Representatives Columbus Day recess Oct. 6-14 Senate Columbus Day recess Oct. 8 Columbus Day (federal holiday) Oct. 8-12 International Atomic Energy Agency director general Mohamed ElBaradei meets with Indian officials in India. Oct. 8-Nov. 2 UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations Oct. 9-10 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. Moscow 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 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. 12 Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway Oct. 14 Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC. Oct. 15-19 Homeland Security Department conducts Top Officials 4, or "TOPOFF 4," counterterrorism exercise. Arizona, Oregon, and Guam

House and Senate Recess

HOUSE AND SENATE BEGIN RECESS THIS SATURDAY , AUGUST 4 , AND REMAIN ON RECESS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3 .

Each member of Congress has a number of district offices. You can find their respective district office contact info for NC's Congressional delegation by going to their website . To find websites go to the home page of www.ncpeaceaction.org

Nuclear Calendar - July 30 - August 15, 2007

July 29-30	British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets with President Bush. Camp David, MD. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda.
July 30	House floor action on the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, H.R. 2347, and on H.R. 957, to amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
July 30	International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors visit the heavy water nuclear reactor under construction at Arak, Iran.
Week of July 30	Senate confirmation of Thomas D'Agostino as Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (possible)
Week of July 30	Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union negotiator Javier Solana continue talks on Iran's nuclear program. Tehran, Iran or Vienna, Austria
July 30-Sept. 14	Conference on Disarmament, third and final session for 2007. Geneva
July 31	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Adm. Michael Mullen to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Gen. James Cartwright to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
July 31	9:30 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on "Safeguarding the Atom: Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Challenges," with Andrew Semmel, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations; Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center; Fred McGoldrick, former Director of Nonproliferation and Export Policy, State Department; and Lawrence Scheinman, Monterrey Institute. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Aug. 1	Energy Department begins construction of a MOX (mixed oxide) fuel fabrication plant. Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC
Aug. 1	JASON group submits to Congress a summary report on the proposed Reliable Replacement Warhead. The report may be posted online.
Aug. 1 or 2	House floor action on the defense appropriations bill. Bill and report will first be posted on the House Rules Committee website. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Aug. 4-Sept. 3	House and Senate August recess
Aug. 6	7:30 p.m. EDT and other times, HBO, White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The broadcast schedule is online.
Aug. 6	Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. A calendar of events is online.
Aug. 9	Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. A calendar of events is online.
Aug. 10-12	Pax Christi USA national conference. Seattle University, Seattle
Aug. 13-15	National Academy of Sciences, meeting on assessing and certifying the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile. Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM and Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM