FRANKLIN FEDERAL TAX FREE INCOME FUND, 497J, 1997-09-03

FRANKLIN FEDERAL TAX FREE INCOME FUND
497J, 1997-09-03

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                            Franklin Templeton Group
                          777 Mariners Island Boulevard
                           San Mateo, California 94404


September 3, 1997

Filed Via EDGAR (CIK #0000357310)
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

     Re:  FRANKLIN FEDERAL TAX-FREE INCOME FUND (the "Fund")
          File Nos. 2-75925 & 811-3395

Ladies/Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j)  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  this is to certify
that the forms of  Prospectuses  and Statements of Additional  Information  that
would have been filed under Rule 497(c) do not differ  from those  contained  in
Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 20 to the  Registration  Statement  on Form N-1A,
which was filed  electronically  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on
August 21, 1997.

Sincerely,

FRANKLIN FEDERAL TAX-FREE INCOME FUND


/s/ Larry L. Greene
Senior Corporate Counsel

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cc:     Mark H. Plafker, Esq.