STEIN ROE
MUTUAL FUNDS
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Sensible Risks.
Intelligent Investments. [service mark]
April 28, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: SteinRoe Variable Investment Trust
File No. 33-14954
Gentlemen:
This is to certify that there are no changes in the prospectuses
and Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2000 relating
to SteinRoe Variable Investment Trust from those included with
post-effective amendment No. 18 to the Trust's registration
statement on Form N-1A filed with the Commission on April 24,
2000.
Sincerely,
STEINROE VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
NICOLETTE PARRISH
Nicolette Parrish
Vice-President and Assistant Secretary
Stein Roe Mutual Funds One South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL
60606-4685 312.368-7700
Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc.
