SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
File No. 33-6001
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 22
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
File No. 811-4681
Amendment No. 24
VANGUARD BOND INDEX FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust)
Registrant's Telephone Number (610) 669-1000
R. GREGORY BARTON, ESQUIRE
P.O. BOX 876
VALLEY FORGE, PA 19482
It is proposed that this filing become effective on October 29, 1999 (or on such
earlier date as the Commission may determine) pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(v) of
Rule 485. This post-effective amendment is being made to extend the date of
effectiveness for a previously filed post-effective amendment (Post-Effective
Amendment No. 21).
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September 28, 1999
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
RE: Vanguard Bond Index Funds (the Trust)
File Number 33-6001
Commissioners:
Pursuant to Rule 485(b)(i)(v) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we
are submitting this filing for the sole purpose of extending the pending
effective date of the 21st Post-Effective Amendment to the Trust's Registration
Statement. Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 originally requested an effective
date of September 29, 1999. The contents of the Post-Effective Amendment No. 21,
which we filed under Rule 485(a) on July 30, 1999, are hereby incorporated by
reference into this letter.
Please contact me at (610) 669-8717 if you have any questions concerning
this amendment or the requested effective date. Thank you.
Sincerely,
/s/ Suzanne Barton
Associate Counsel
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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 HAS DULY CAUSED
THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 22 TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE TOWN OF VALLEY FORGE AND THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1999.
VANGUARD BOND INDEX FUNDS
BY: /*/HEIDI STAM
JOHN J. BRENNAN*
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 22 HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS
IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATE INDICATED:
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By: /*/Heidi Stam Senior Chairman of the September 28, 1999
JOHN C. BOGLE* Board and Trustee
By: /*/Heidi Stam Chairman, Trustee, and September 28, 1999
JOHN J. BRENNAN* Chief Executive Officer
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 28, 1999
JOANN HERRERNAN HEISEN*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 28, 1999
BRUCE K. MACLAURY*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 28, 1999
BURTON G. MALKIEL, JR.*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 28, 1999
ALFRED M. RANKIN, JR.*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 28, 1999
JOHN C. SAWHILL*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 28, 1999
JAMES O. WELCH, JR.*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Trustee September 28, 1999
J. LAWRENCE WILSON*
By: /*/Heidi Stam Treasurer and Principal September 28, 1999
THOMAS J. HIGGINS* Financial Officer and
Accounting Officer
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* By Power of Attorney. See File Number 33-4424, January 25, 1999. Incorporated
by Reference.
