More than 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment over the past three weeks due to economic disruption from the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, many are eagerly awaiting their stimulus checks from a $2.2 trillion federal relief bill — and now may need to wait longer.

The Washington Post reports many checks worth $1,200 may be delayed because President Donald Trump’s name has been added to the mailed payments. Bloomberg confirmed Monday that the U.S. Treasury Department has instructed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to print Trump’s signature in the “memo” line of the checks being sent out in the coming weeks.

Chad Hooper, national president of the IRS’s Professional Managers Association, told the Post that “any last minute request like this will create a downstream snarl that will result in a delay.”

According to Forbes, the IRS information technology team will have to make a programming change before the checks are passed to the Bureau of Fiscal Service for printing and issuing.

It’s unclear how much of a delay the change could cause. A Treasury spokeswoman told Bloomberg that the addition of Trump’s name won’t delay the checks, despite other officials saying differently.

Bloomberg reports the IRS can send about 5 million paper checks a week. The IRS said it’s sending about 80 million payments via direct deposit this week, without Trump’s name, but another 70 million to 90 million paper checks bearing his name will go out starting next week. As a result, the entire process could take months to complete.

The New York Times reports the change comes after Trump suggested it to Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary. The president is not legally authorized to sign the checks, which is why his name will appear in the memo field.

According to Bloomberg, a civil servant’s signature — the disbursing officer for the payment center — typically appears on benefit checks or one-time economic stimulus payments.

Trump previously claimed that he didn’t want to have his name on the stimulus checks, which will send more than $292 million in direct economic relief.

“Do I want to sign them? No,” he said at an April 3 press briefing.

The stimulus checks, officially referred to as “economic impact payments,” are part of the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act approved by Congress. Most U.S. adults will get $1,200 each and $500 per eligible child.

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