Nuclear Calendar - March 19 - April 15 , 2007

SENATE ON RECESS MARCH 31 - APRIL 9 HOUSE ON RECESS MARCH 30 - APRIL 15 PLEASE SCHEDULE LOBBY VISITS NOW AND BIRD-DOG MEMBERS WHEN HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS -- ASK SOME HARD QUESTION House and Senate act on supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan wars this week.

March 19	Six-party talks on implementing the recent agreement on North Korea's nuclear program. Beijing
Week of March 19	House Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution. 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Week of March 19	Senate floor action on the budget resolution. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
March 20	10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Energy Department's Atomic Energy Defense Activities budget, with Thomas D'Agostino, National Nuclear Security Administration; Glenn Podonsky, Energy Department Office of Health, Safety and Security; and James Rispoli, Energy Department's Office of Environmental Management. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 20	Fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq
March 20-22	Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman meets with Indian officials. New Delhi and Mumbai, India. U.S.-India nuclear cooperation is on the agenda.
March 21	9:00 a.m., Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, hearing on the effectiveness of the current United States sanctions on Iran relating to minimizing potential threats from Iran, with Nicholas Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs; Stuart Levey, Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; and Mark Foulon, Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security. 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 21	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, hearing on the International Affairs Budget. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 21	10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, hearing on the U.S. Strategic Command [and other commands], with Gen. James Cartwright, U.S. Strategic Command and other witnesses. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 21	10:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on nuclear and strategic policy options, with Gen. James Cartwright, U.S. Strategic Command. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 21	2:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, hearing on the Defense Department's counterproliferation, counterterrorism, and science and technology priorities, with six witnesses. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 22	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the Energy Department's nuclear nonproliferation budget. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
March 22	1:00 p.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the supplemental appropriations bill. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 22	House of Representatives floor action on the supplemental appropriations bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
March 22-23	UN Security Council debates and votes on imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program (estimate). Iranian President Ahmadinejad may address the Security Council. Webcast on the United Nations website.
Week of March 26	House floor action on the budget resolution. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of March 26	Senate floor action on the supplemental appropriations bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
March 27	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States, with Lt. Gen. Michael Maples, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Thomas Fingar, National Intelligence Council. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 28	8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Multiple speakers including Hans Blix, WMD commission, "Beyond Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by Project for Nuclear Awareness. National Press Club, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington. RSVP online.
March 29	9:00 a.m., Project for Nuclear Awareness, "Beyond Nuclear Weapons" congressional lobby day. At Council for a Livable World, 322 Fourth St., N.E., Washington. RSVP online.
March 29	Time TBA, Global Green USA, "The 10th Anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention: A Decade of Achievements and Challenges." Capitol Hill, Washington (location TBA)
March 29	2:00 p.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration's budget. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
March 30	Conference on Disarmament, first session of 2007 ends. Geneva
March 30-April 15	House of Representatives spring recess
March 31-April 9	Senate spring recess
March	Russia delivers fuel to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant (tentative).
March or April	Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Michael Burns to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs (estimate)
March or April	Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of William Ostendorff to be Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate)
April 1	Nevada Desert Experience, rally at the Nevada Test Site

Nuclear Calendar: March 5 - 23 , 2007

March 5	Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte meets with South Korea officials. Seoul, South Korea
Week of March 5	Senate floor action continues on "Improving America's Security by Implementing Unfinished Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007," S. 4. Sen. Joe Biden (DE) is expected to offer a nuclear nonproliferation amendment to the bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Week of March 5	UN Security Council debates further sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. United Nations. Webcast on the United Nations website.
March 5-6	North Korean Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Kim Kye-gwan meets with Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill. New York
March 5-9	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. The nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea are on the agenda.
March 6	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the Energy Department budget with Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
March 6	10:00 a.m., House Budget Committee, hearing on the Defense Department budget with Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England. 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 6	2:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "The Iranian Challenge" with Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 7	6:00-8:00 p.m., Harvard University, public forum on "U.S. and Iran: is Conflict Inevitable?" with Graham Allison, Vali Nasr, and Ray Takeyh, Harvard University; and David Ignatius, Washington Post. Harvard University, Belfer Center, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA
March 7 or 8	Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the supplemental appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 8	3:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the posture of the U.S. Strategic Command with Gen. James Cartwright, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 9	12:30-2:00 p.m., Dafna Linzer, Washington Post, and Joe Cirincione, author of Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons and Center for American Progress, discussion of Bomb Scare. Center for American Progress, 1333 H St. N.W., 10th Floor, Washington. RSVP online.
March 9-12	Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, VA (March 9-11) and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Washington (March 12). Register online.
March 10	Region conference on Iraq's security. Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. and Iran may meet on the sidelines.
Week of March 12	House Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution. 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Week of March 12	Senate Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution. 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website and CapitolHearings.org.
Week of March 12	House of Representatives floor action on the supplemental appropriations bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
March 13-14	Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency director general, meets with North Korean officials on its nuclear program. Pyongyang, North Korea
March 14	12:40-7:00 p.m. local time, British parliament debates and votes on replacing the Trident nuclear missile system.
March 19	1:00-5:00 p.m., Energy Department, public meeting on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement). Hotel Washington, 15th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington
March 19	Six-party talks on implementing the recent agreement on North Korea's nuclear program. Beijing
Week of March 19	Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the supplemental appropriations bill
Week of March 19	House floor action on the budget resolution. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of March 19	Senate floor action on the budget resolution. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
March 19-23	Stanley Foundation, "Realistic Solutions for Resolving the Iranian Nuclear Crisis." Multiple cities TBA