U.S. lawmakers want Trump to report on North Korea nuclear program

Republican and Democraticmembers of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Wednesday that would require the Trump administration to provide a detailed report on North Korea'snuclear program to set a "baseline" for progress on talks withPyongyang.

The bill, seen by Reuters before its public release, is oneof a series of efforts by members of Congress to have some sayin negotiations ahead of Trump's summit next week in Singaporewith North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Ahead of the first meeting between leaders of the twocountries, Trump has said he has high hopes of "doing something very meaningful" to curtail North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

Last week he said he expected an eventual "very positive result"with North Korea, although he dampened expectations for abreakthrough in Singapore, saying it could take several meetingsto reach an agreement.

Members of Congress have expressed concern that Trump is soeager for a deal that he will concede too much.

The North Korea Nuclear Baseline Actwas introduced byRep. Eliot Engel, the top Democrat on the foreign affairs committee, along with other lawmakers including RepublicanRep. Mike McCaul, chairman of the homeland security committee and a senior member of the foreign affairs panel.

It would require the administration to transmit tocongressional national security committees within 60 days of its enactment a report on the status of North Korea's nuclearprogram.

The report would need to include the location of thecountry's nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon research, development and production facilities, as well as the locationof its ballistic missiles and facilities producing ballistic missiles.

Lawmakers would also ask that the report be updated andre-transmitted every 180 days.