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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 6, 1996
Registration No. 33-01332
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /X/
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. / /
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 16 /X/
AND/OR
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
AMENDMENT NO. 19 /X/
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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PRUDENTIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT FUND
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
ONE SEAPORT PLAZA,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10292
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (212) 214-1250
S. JANE ROSE, ESQ.
ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10292
(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS)
APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING:
AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE
(CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX):
/X/ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)
/ / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)
/ / 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph
(a)(ii)
/ / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Rule
485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
/ / this post-effective amendment designates a new
effective date for a previously filed
post-effective amendment.
PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2 UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, REGISTRANT
HEREBY TERMINATES ITS ELECTION TO REGISTER AN INDEFINITE NUMBER OF SHARES. THE
REGISTRANT FILED ITS FINAL NOTICE UNDER SUCH RULE FOR THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1,
1995 THROUGH JANUARY 19, 1996 ON FEBRUARY 29, 1996.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of New York, and State of New York, on the 6th day of March, 1996.
PRUDENTIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT FUND
/s/ Richard A. Redeker
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(RICHARD A. REDEKER, PRESIDENT)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Stephen C. Eyre Trustee March 6, 1996
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STEPHEN C. EYRE
/s/ Delayne D. Gold Trustee March 6, 1996
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DELAYNE D. GOLD
/s/ Don G. Hoff Trustee March 6, 1996
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DON G. HOFF
/s/ Harry A. Jacobs, Jr. Trustee March 6, 1996
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HARRY A. JACOBS, JR.
/s/ Sidney R. Knafel Trustee March 6, 1996
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SIDNEY R. KNAFEL
/s/ Robert E. LaBlanc Trustee March 6, 1996
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ROBERT E. LABLANC
/s/ Thomas A. Owens, Jr. Trustee March 6, 1996
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THOMAS A. OWENS, JR.
/s/ Richard A. Redeker President and Trustee March 6, 1996
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RICHARD A. REDEKER
/s/ Clay T. Whitehead Trustee March 6, 1996
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CLAY T. WHITEHEAD
/s/ Eugene S. Stark Treasurer and Principal Financial March 6, 1996
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EUGENE S. STARK
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