Form 485BPOS PUTNAM U S GOVERNMENT

February 10, 2017 9:09 AM EST

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on  
February 10, 2017  
Registration No. 2-87634 
811-3897
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM N-1A
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  / X / 
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.  / / 
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 / X / 
and/or  ---- 
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  / X / 
ACT OF 1940  ---- 
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Amendment No.45  / X / 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)  ---- 
 
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PUTNAM U.S. GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code
(617) 292-1000

 



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  It is proposed that this filing will become effective 
  (check appropriate box) 
 
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/ /  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ X /  on January 30, 2017 pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ /  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1) 
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/ /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (1) 
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/ /  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) 
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/ /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Rule 485. 
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If appropriate, check the following box: 
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/ /  this post-effective amendment designates a new 
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  ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President 
  PUTNAM U.S. GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST 
  One Post Office Square 
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109 
  (Name and address of agent for service) 
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  Copy to: 
  BRYAN CHEGWIDDEN, Esquire 
  ROPES & GRAY LLP 
  1211 Avenue of the Americas 
  New York, New York 10036 

 


 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 10th day of February, 2017.

 

Putnam U.S. Government Income Trust

By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, Executive Vice President,

Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

Signature Title
Jameson A. Baxter * Chair, Board of Trustees

 

Kenneth R. Leibler* Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

 

Robert L. Reynolds* President and Trustee

 

Jonathan S. Horwitz* Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer
  and Compliance Liaison

 

Janet C. Smith** Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Principal
  Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer

 

Liaquat Ahamed* Trustee

 

Ravi Akhoury* Trustee

 

Barbara M. Baumann* Trustee

 

Robert J. Darretta* Trustee

 

Katinka Domotorffy* Trustee

 

John A. Hill* Trustee

 

Paul L. Joskow* Trustee

 

Robert E. Patterson* Trustee

 

George Putnam, III* Trustee

 

W. Thomas Stephens* Trustee

 

By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, as Attorney-in-Fact

February 10, 2017

* Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on January 25, 2013.

 

** Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on January 27, 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 



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