CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to (1) the incorporation by reference in the Combined Proxy
Statement/Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form
N-14 (the "Registration Statement") of our reports dated June 19, 2000, relating
to the financial statements and financial highlights appearing in the May 31,
2000 Annual Reports of T. Rowe Price Short-Term U.S. Government Fund, Inc. and
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. (hereafter referred to as the "Funds")
which financial statements and financial highlights are also incorporated by
reference into the Combined Proxy Statement/Prospectus and included in the
Registration Statement; (2) the incorporation by reference into the Combined
Proxy Statement/Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement on
Form N-14 of our report dated November 17, 1999, relating to the financial
statements and financial highlights appearing in the October 31, 1999 Annual
Report of T. Rowe Price Summit Limited-Term Bond Fund (a portfolio of T. Rowe
Price Summit Funds, Inc., hereafter referred to as the "Summit Fund") which
financial statements and financial highlights are also incorporated by reference
into the Combined Proxy Statement/ Prospectus and included in the Registration
Statement; (3) the incorporation by reference in the Prospectuses and Statements
of Additional Information of the Funds dated October 1, 1999, of our reports
dated June 17, 1999, relating to the financial statements and financial
highlights appearing in the May 31, 1999 Annual Reports of the Funds, which
Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information are also incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement; (4) the incorporation by reference in
the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the Summit Fund dated
March 1, 2000, of our report dated November 17, 1999, relating to the financial
statements and financial highlights appearing in the October 31, 1999 Annual
Report of the Summit Fund, which Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information are also incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;
and (5) the reference to us under the heading "Experts" appearing in such
Combined Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, Maryland
July 20, 2000
