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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 2-57689) UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 87

 

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (811-02687) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY

ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 91

VANGUARD MUNICIPAL BOND FUNDS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust)

P.O. Box 2600, Valley Forge, PA 19482

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant’s Telephone Number (610) 669-1000

Heidi Stam, Esquire

P.O. Box 876

Valley Forge, PA 19482

It is proposed that this filing become effective on July 10, 2015, pursuant to Rule 485 (b)(1)(iii). This post-effective amendment is being made to extend the date of the effectiveness for previously filed post-effective amendments (Post-Effective Amendment No. 81, 84, 85, and 86).


June 11, 2015 
 
   
 
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission 
100 F. Street, N.E. 
Washington, DC 20549 
   
RE:  Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds (the Trust) 
  File No. 2 57689 
   
Commissioners: 
Pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we are filing Post Effective 
Amendment No. 87 to the Trust’s Registration Statement. The sole purpose of this filing is to extend the 
pending effective date of the Trust’s 86th Post Effective Amendment. By way of further background: 
   
· Post Effective Amendment No. 86 was filed under Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) on May 14, 2015, for the 
  sole purpose of extending to June 12, 2015, the then pending effective date of Post Effective 
  Amendment No. 85. 
· Post Effective Amendment No. 85 was filed under Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) on April 17, 2015, for the 
  sole purpose of extending to May 15, 2015, the then pending effective date of Post Effective 
  Amendment No. 84. 
· Post Effective Amendment No. 84 was filed under Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) on March 20, 2015, for the 
  sole purpose of extending to April 19, 2015, the then pending effective date of Post Effective 
  Amendment No. 81. 
· Post Effective Amendment No. 81 was filed under Rule 485(a) on January 6, 2015, for the 
  purpose of adding Vanguard Tax Exempt Bond Index Fund as a new series of the Trust, which 
  will be offered in an Investor Share Class, an Admiral Share Class and an ETF Share Class. Post
  Effective Amendment 81 originally requested that the Amendment become effective 75 days 
  after filing.  
   
The contents of Post Effective Amendment No. 81 are hereby incorporated by reference into this filing, 
which we propose become effective on July 10, 2015. Please contact me at (610) 669 1605 with any 
questions or comments that you have concerning this amendment or the requested effective date. 
Thank you. 
   
Sincerely, 
   
Brian P. Murphy 
Senior Counsel 
The Vanguard Group, Inc. 
   
cc: Asen Parachkevov, Esquire 
      U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission   

 


SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant hereby certifies it meets all requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has duly caused this Registration Statement 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 11th day of June, 2015.

VANGUARD MUNICIPAL BOND FUNDS
BY:___________/s/ F. William Mc Nabb III*_________

F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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

Signature Title Date
/S/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III* Chairman and Chief Executive June 11, 2015
  Officer  
F. William McNabb III    
/S/ EMERSON U. FULLWOOD* Trustee June 11, 2015
Emerson U. Fullwood    
/S/ RAJIV L. GUPTA* Trustee June 11, 2015
RAJIV L. GUPTA    
/S/ AMY GUTMANN* Trustee June 11, 2015
Amy Gutmann    
/S/ JOANN HEFFERNAN HEISEN* Trustee June 11, 2015
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen    
/S/ F. JOSEPH LOUGHREY* Trustee June 11, 2015
F. Joseph Loughrey    
/S/ MARK LOUGHRIDGE* Trustee June 11, 2015
Mark Loughridge    
/S/ SCOTT C. MALPASS* Trustee June 11, 2015
Scott C. Malpass    
/S/ ANDRÉ F. PEROLD* Trustee June 11, 2015
André F. Perold    
/S/ PETER F. VOLANAKIS* Trustee June 11, 2015
Peter F. Volanakis    
/S/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS* Chief Financial Officer June 11, 2015
Thomas J. Higgins    

 

*By: /s/ Heidi Stam

Heidi Stam, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on April 22, 2014, see file Number 2-17620, Incorporated by Reference.