Nigeria, May 29 -- The US government is preparing to print a new $250 bill that would feature an image of President Donald Trump, the latest in his effort to have his image and name on US institutions and documents.

The new banknote design will feature a portrait of the US leader to commemorate the country's 250th anniversary of independence, according to the Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessett.

The bill, if printed, will be the first appearance of a living person on US currency in more than 150 years. Washington's federal law bars a living person from engraving their image on the currency. But there's legislation before Congress that would make an exception for the special Trump bill.

A Republican lawmaker, Wilson of South Carolina, had...