House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday called for a sanctions bill targeting Russia to not be delayed despite added measures focused on North Korea.

"While we support the tougher sanctions on North Korea, which the House has already passed, I am concerned that adding them to this bill instead of standalone legislation will cause further procedural delays in the Senate," Pelosi said in a statement.

"It is essential that the addition of North Korea to this package does not prevent Congress from immediately enacting Russia sanctions legislation and sending it to the President’s desk before the August recess," she added.

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The House is slated to vote Tuesday on bipartisan legislation unveiled Saturday that is aimed at limiting the Trump administration's ability to lift sanctions on Russia.

The legislation has been stalled in the House for weeks due to procedural hangups after it passed the Senate by a vote of 98-2 last month.

The bill includes sanctions on Iran as punishment for its ballistic missile development and negotiators also added North Korea sanctions to the package in the latest bill.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had pushed to add the North Korea sanctions bill to the legislation targeting Russia.

The bill includes extensive sanctions against Russia for its interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign and its military actions in Ukraine and Syria, and harsh economic sanctions against Iran and North Korea as well.

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The additions to the bill follows the overwhelming House vote in May to pass economic sanctions on Pyongyang.

Trump must send Congress a report explaining why he would like to lift certain sanctions, if the bill passes, which the lawmakers would then have 30 days to decide whether to accept or reject his proposition.