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FILED AS OF DATE:		20210924
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210924
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210930

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000030167
		IRS NUMBER:				132691318
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

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		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-02192
		FILM NUMBER:		211275000

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
		STREET 2:		240 GREENWICH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129226400

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		STREET 1:		C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
		STREET 2:		240 GREENWICH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20170501

	FORMER COMPANY:	
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		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20161220

	FORMER COMPANY:	
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		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20081201

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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000030167
		IRS NUMBER:				132691318
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

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		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
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		FILM NUMBER:		211274999

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		STREET 2:		240 GREENWICH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286
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		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286

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		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20170501

	FORMER COMPANY:	
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		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20161220

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