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MEET WITH YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND OUR SENATORS AND BIRDOG AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

ASK THEM HOW THEY VOTED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET RESOLUTION -- HR RES. 99 and SEN RES. 21 . PLEASE NOTE WHEN CONGRESS RETURNS AFTER RECESS , THEY WILL TAKE FINAL ACTION ON THIS LEGISLATION . FOR A LONG BUT EXCELLENT ANALYSIS OF HR 99 SEE MESSAGE FROM PHYLLIS BENNIS WHICH I SENT OUT A FEW DAYS AGO .

Nuclear Calendar April 2 - 23

March 30-April 15	House of Representatives spring recess
March 31-April 9	Senate spring recess
Week of April 2	New Mexico Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson travels to North Korea (tentative)
April 4	Deadline for comments on the Energy Department's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement). Comments can be submitted by email to GNEP-PEIS@nuclear.energy.gov.
April 9-27	UN Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations
April 10	Noon-1:30 p.m., Stephen Schneider, Stanford University, "Nuclear Winter Revisited." Stanford University, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Stanford, CA
April 11	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hearing on nuclear nonproliferation programs, with former Sen. Sam Nunn (GA); Sen. Richard Lugar (IN); William Tobey, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration; and Joseph Benkert, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs. 232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
April 11	3:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on ballistic missile defense programs, with Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, Missile Defense Agency; Lt. Gen. Kevin Campbell, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Charles McQueary, Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Department; Paul Francis, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Defense Department; and Brian Green, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic Capabilities. 232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
April 14	Deadline for North Korea to close its Yongbyon nuclear facility under the recent six-party agreement
April 16-20	Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary meeting. Cape Town, South Africa. The U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement is not on the formal agenda.
Week of April 16	House-Senate conference committee begins on the budget resolution, H.Con.Res 99 and S.Con.Res. 21.
Week of April 16	House-Senate conference committee begins on the supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 1591.
April 17	Time TBA, Energy Department holds a public meeting on glassification of surplus plutonium at the Savannah River Site. Location TBA, Aiken, SC
April 19	8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ), "Space, Nuclear Deterrence, and Missile Defense." Sponsored by NDU Foundation. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
April 19	Time TBA, Energy Department holds a public meeting on glassification of surplus plutonium at the Savannah River Site. Location TBA, Columbia, SC
April 19	NATO and Russia discuss the U.S. proposal to develop a missile defense system in Europe. Brussels, Belgium
April 21	8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Multiple speakers, Think Outside the Bomb youth conference. American University, Kay Chapel, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington
April 22	Earth Day
April 22	French presidential election, first round
April 22-25	Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Washington
Week of April 23	House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, H.R. 1585, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (tentative)