Form 485BPOS PUTNAM U S GOVERNMENT

	As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
	February 16, 2018
	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. 48	/ X /
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	REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY	/ X /
	ACT OF 1940	----
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	Amendment No. 49	/ X /
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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, 2018 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
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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 16th day of February, 2018.

 

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

Katinka Domotorffy*

Trustee

Catharine Bond Hill*

Trustee

Paul L. Joskow*

Trustee

Robert E. Patterson*

Trustee

George Putnam, III*

Trustee

Manoj P. Singh*

Trustee

 

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

February 16, 2018

*Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post- Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on January 25, 2018.

 

 

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