FEDERATED U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
Federated Investors Funds
5800 Corporate Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237-7000
October 30, 2000
EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20549
RE: FEDERATED U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND FUND (the "Registrant")
1933 Act File No. 2-98494
1940 ACT FILE NO. 811-4489
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, the above-named
Registrant hereby certifies that the definitive form of the prospectus and
statement of additional information dated October 31, 2000, that would have been
filed under Rule 497(c), do not differ from the form of the prospectus and
statement of additional information contained in the most recent registration
statement for the Registrant. This registration statement was electronically
filed under Rule 485(b) as Post-effective amendment No. 26 on October 25, 2000.
If you have any questions regarding this certification, please contact Mark
Nagarajan at (412) 288-7420.
Very truly yours,
/s/ C. Grant Anderson
C. Grant Anderson
Assistant Secretary
