PRUDENTIAL U S GOVERNMENT FUND, 497, 1994-01-04

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497, 1994-01-04

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                                   January 4, 1994




Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

               Re:  Prudential U.S. Government Fund
                    (File No. 33-01332)            

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "1933 Act"), the Fund hereby certifies (i) that its Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment
No. 15 and (ii) that the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 was filed
electronically on December 30, 1993.




                                   Prudential U.S. Government Fund
                                     



                                   By:__________________________________
                                        Domenick Pugliese
                                        Assistant Secretary


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