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1933 Act File No.	33-3164
1940 Act File No.	811-4577

Form N-1A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

	Pre-Effective Amendment No.

	Post-Effective Amendment No.	169

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

	Amendment No.	162

FEDERATED INCOME SECURITIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Federated Investors Funds

4000 Ericsson Drive

Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(412) 288-1900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

John W. McGonigle, Esquire

Federated Investors Tower

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

X	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
	on	December 27, 2016	pursuant to paragraph (b)
	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
	on		pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
	on		pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

X	This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This amendment to the Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference, pursuant to Rule 411 under the Securities Act of 1933, Parts A and B of Post-Effective Amendment No. 165 Filed on October 13, 2016 in their entirety.

Item 28. Exhibits

(a)
1	Conformed copy of Restatement and Amendment No. 8 to the Declaration of Trust of the Registrant	(13)
2	Amendment Nos. 9 and 10	(14)
3	Amendment No. 11	(16)
4	Amendment No. 12	(17)
5	Amendment No. 13	(20)
6	Amendment No. 14	(23)
7	Amendment No. 15	(30)
8	Amendment No. 16	(31)
9	Amendment No. 17	(37)
10	Amendment No. 18	(41)
11	Amendment No. 19	(46)
12	Amendment No. 20	(48)
13	Amendments No. 21 and 22	(51)
14	Amendment No. 23	(56)
15	Amendment No. 24	(60)
16	Amendment No. 25	(69)
17	Amendment No. 26	(81)
18	Amendment No. 27	(81)
19	Amendment No. 28	(81)
20	Amendment No. 29	(87)

(b)	Copy of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant	(6)
1	Amendment No.(s) 4, 5, 6 and 7	(11)
2	Amendment No. 8	(15)
3	Amendment No. 9	(16)
4	Amendment No. 10	(20)
5	Amendment No. 11	(22)
6	Amendment No. 12	(24)
7	Amendment No. 13	(73)

(c)	Copy of Specimen Certificate of Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant. As of September 1, 1997, Federated Securities Corp. stopped issuing share certificates.	(8)

(d)
1	Conformed copy of the Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant including Exhibit A and Exhibit B	(12)
2	Conformed copy of Exhibit C to the Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant	(14)
3	Conformed copy of Exhibit D to the Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant	(16)
4	Conformed copy of Amendment to the Investment Advisory Contract of Registrant	(13)
5	Conformed copy of the Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant (Federated Capital Income Fund only)	(15)
6	Conformed copy of Assignment of the Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant (Federated Capital Income Fund only)and Conformed copy of the Sub-Advisory Agreement (including Exhibit A) of the Registrant (Federated Capital Income Fund only)	(16)
7	Conformed copy of Assignment of the Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant (Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund only)	(16)
8	Conformed copy of the Sub-Advisory Agreement including Exhibit A of the Registrant (Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund only)	(16)
9	Conformed copy of Exhibit E to the Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant	(27)
10	Conformed copy of Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant (Federated Prudent Global Income Fund)	(37)
11	Conformed copy of Sub-Advisory contract of the Registrant (Federated Prudent Global Income Fund)	(37)
12	Conformed copy of Exhibit D to the Investment Advisory Contract for Federated Prudent Global Income Fund	(38)
13	Conformed copy of Exhibit F to the Investment Advisory Contract for Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund	(48)
14	Conformed copy of Exhibit G to the Investment Advisory Contract for Federated Global Macro Bond Fund	(49)
15	Conformed copy of Amendment #1 to Exhibit A to the Investment Advisory Contract for Federated Capital Income Fund	(68)
16	Conformed copy of Amendment #1 to Exhibit A to the Investment Advisory Contract for Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	(68)
17	Conformed copy of Amendment #2 to Exhibit A to the Investment Advisory Contract for Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	(78)
18	Conformed copy of Exhibit H to the Investment Advisory Contract for Federated Enhanced Treasury Income Fund	(81)

(e)
1	Conformed copy of the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant including Exhibits A and B	(12)
2	Conformed copy of Exhibits C and D to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(8)
3	Conformed copy of Exhibits E and F to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(14)
4	Conformed copy of Exhibits G, H and I to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(15)
5	Conformed copy of Exhibits J, K, L and M to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(16)
6	Conformed copy of Amendment to the Distributor’s Contract of Registrant	(13)
7	Conformed copy of Amendment dated October 01, 2003 to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(16)
8	Conformed copy of the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant (Class B Shares of Federated Capital Income Fund only)	(15)
9	The Registrant hereby incorporates the conformed copy of the specimen Mutual Funds Sales and Service Agreement; Mutual Funds Service Agreement; and Plan/Trustee Mutual Funds Service Agreement from Item 24(b)(6)(ii)-(iv) of the Cash Trust Series II Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on July 24, 1995 (File Nos. 33-38550 and 811-6269)
10	Conformed copy of Exhibits N, O and P to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(27)
11	Conformed copy of Amendment No. 1 to Exhibit B and conformed copy of Exhibit S to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(32)
12	Conformed copy of Amendment No. 1 to Exhibits I, J, N, and Q to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(33)
13	Conformed copy of Exhibits to the Distributor’s Contract for Federated Prudent Global Income Fund (Class A Shares and Class C Shares)	(37)
14	Conformed copy of Exhibits T, U and V to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant for Federated Prudent Global Income Fund	(38)
15	Conformed copy of Exhibits W, X and Y to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant for Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund (Class A Shares, Class C Shares and Institutional Shares)	(48)
16	Conformed copy of Exhibits Z, AA and BB to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant for Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund (Class A Shares, Class C Shares and Institutional Shares)	(49)
17	Conformed copy of Exhibits CC to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant for Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund (Institutional Shares)	(52)
18	Conformed copy of Amendment #1 to Exhibit B, and Exhibit D to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant for Federated Short-Term Income Fund and Intermediate Income Fund (Institutional Shares)	(56)
19	Conformed copy of Exhibit DD to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(59)
20	Conformed copy of Exhibit EE to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(68)
21	Conformed copy of Exhibit FF to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(81)
22	Conformed copy of Exhibit GG to the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant	(87)

(f)

Not applicable

(g)
1	Conformed copy of the Custodian Agreement of the Registrant	(10)
2	Conformed copy of the Custodian Fee Schedule	(11)
3	Conformed copy of Amendment to the Custodian Contract	(13)
4	Conformed copy of Amendment to the Custodian Contract	(32)
5	Copy of Exhibit 1 to the Custodian Contract	(48)
6	Conformed copy of Amendment Nos. 4 and 5 to the Custodian Contract	(53)

(h)
1	Conformed copy of Amended and Restated Agreement for Fund Accounting Services, Administrative Services, Transfer Agency Services and Procurement	(11)
2	The Registrant hereby incorporates the conformed copy of Amendment No. 2 to the Amended & Restated Agreement for Fund Accounting Services, Administrative Services, Transfer Agency Services and Custody Services Procurement from Item 23 (h) (v) of the Federated U.S. Government Securities: 2-5 Years Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on March 30, 2004. (File Nos. 2-75769 and 811-3387)
3	The responses and exhibits described in Item 23(e)(8) are hereby incorporated by reference
4	The Registrant hereby incorporates the conformed copy of the Second Amended and Restated Services Agreement, with attached Schedule 1 revised 6/30/04, from Item 22(h)(7) of the Cash Trust Series, Inc. Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on July 29, 2004. (File Nos. 33-29838 and 811-5843)
5	The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the conformed copy of the Agreement for Administrative Services, with Exhibit 1 and Amendments 1 and 2 attached, between Federated Administrative Services and the Registrant from Item 22(h)(4) of the Federated Total Return Series, Inc. Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on November 29, 2004. (File Nos. 33-50773 and 811-7115)
6	The Registrant hereby incorporates the conformed copy of Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between the Federated Funds and State Street Bank and Trust Company from Item 23(h)(9)of the Federated Total Return Government Bond Fund Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on April 28, 2006. (File Nos. 33-60411 and 811-07309)
7	The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the conformed copy of Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement for Administrative Services between Federated Administrative Services Company and the Registrant dated June 1, 2005, from Item 23 (h) (2) of the Cash Trust Series, Inc. Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on July 27, 2005. (File Nos. 33-29838 and 811-5843)
8	Conformed copy of Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement	(30)
9	Conformed copy of the Agreement for Administrative Services and Exhibit 1 between Federated Administrative Services Company and the Registrant	(31)
10	The Registrant hereby incorporates the conformed copy of Schedule 1 to the Second Amended & Restated Services Agreement	(31)
11	Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between Federated funds and SSB	(38)
12	Copy of Exhibit 1 to the Agreement for Administrative Services revised as of 9/8/2008	(38)
13	Copy of Second Amended and Restated Services Agreement as of 12/1/2001	(38)
14	Copy of Exhibit A to Financial Administration Accounting Service Agreement as of 9/8/2008	(38)
15	Copy of Exhibit A to Financial Administration Accounting Service Agreement as of 9/1/2010	(48)
16	Copy of Exhibit 1 to the Agreement for Administrative Services revised as of 9/1/2010	(48)
17	Copy of Exhibit 1 to the Agreement for Administrative Services revised as of 9/1/2010	(49)
18	Conformed copy of the Fund Accounting Agreement dated 6/7/2005 between the Funds listed on Schedule I and The Bank of New York Mellon as amended and restated.	(50)
19	Conformed copy of the Custody Agreement dated 6/7/2005 between the Funds listed on Schedule II and the Bank of New York Mellon as amended and restated.	(50)
20	The Registrant hereby incorporates the conformed copy of Schedule A to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between Federated Funds and SSB	(52)
21	Conformed copy of the First Amendment to Fund Accounting Agreement dated 3/1/2011 between the Funds listed on Schedule I and The Bank of New York Mellon as amended and restated.	(53)
22	Conformed copy of Amendment Nos. 8 and 9 to the Custody Agreement	(53)
23	Conformed copy of Amended and Restated Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement dated 3/1/2011.	(53)
24	Conformed copy of Exhibit 1 to Agreement for Administrative Services revised as of 3/1/12	(59)
25	Conformed copy of Amended and Restated Agreement for Administrative Services dated 9/1/12	(62)
26	Conformed copy of the Compliance Support Services Addendum to the Fund Accounting Agreement dated May 31, 2012	(62)
27	Conformed copy of First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Agreement for Administrative Services dated 9/1/12	(66)
28	Agreement for Administrative Services Exhibit 1 and Exhibit B	(69)
29	Conformed copy of the Second Amendment to Fund Accounting Agreement dated 6/7/2005, amended 3/25/2011 and 12/31/2012, between the Funds listed on Schedule I and The Bank of New York Mellon as amended and restated.	(76)
30	Conformed copy of the Third Amendment to Fund Accounting Agreement dated 6/7/2005, amended 3/25/2011, 12/31/2012 and 4/28/2014, between the Funds listed on Schedule I and The Bank of New York Mellon as amended and restated.	(76)
31	Conformed copy of the Amendment to Financial Administrative and Accounting Services Agreement dated March 1, 2015.	(78)
32	Form of Schedule A to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between Federated Funds and State Street Bank (as of September 1, 2015)	(80)
33	Agreement for Administrative Services Exhibit 1 and Exhibit B (revised September 1, 2015)	(80)
34	Copy of Schedule 1 to Second Amended and Restated Services Agreement (revised December 31, 2015)	(84)
35	Conformed copy of Sub-Administration Agreement between State Street Bank and Trust Company and Federated Administrative Services, dated October 1, 2011;	(84)
36	Copy of Schedule 1 to Second Amended and Restated Services Agreement (revised September 1, 2016)	(87)

(i)

Conformed copy of Opinion and Consent of Counsel as to legality of shares being registered

(13)

(j)
1	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP	(29)
2	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Short-Term Income Fund and Federated Intermediate Corporate Bond Fund	(61)
3	Conformed copy of Consent of Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	(33)
4	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, KPMG LLP for Federated Capital Income Fund and Federated Unconstrained Bond Fund	(77)
5	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Stock and California Muni Fund	(51)
6	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Fund for U.S. Government Securities and Federated Real Return Bond Fund	(46)
7	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for Federated Prudent Global Income Fund	(37)
8	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	(83)
9	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, KPMG LLP for Federated Prudent DollarBear Fund.	(82)
10	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, KPMG LLP for Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund.	(66)
11	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, KPMG LLP for Federated Capital Income Fund.	(77)
12	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Short-Term Income Fund and Federated Intermediate Corporate Bond Fund	(75)
13	Conform copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund	(69)
14	Conformed coy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Fund for U.S. Government Securities, Federated Real Return Bond Fund and Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund	(78)
15	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Short-Term Income Fund and Federated Intermediate Corporate Bond Fund	(86)
16	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Enhanced Treasury Income Fund	(80)
17	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Enhanced Treasury Income Fund	(81)
18	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP, for Federated Enhanced Treasury Income Fund	(84)
19	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, KPMG LLP, for Federated Capital Income Fund	(84)
20	Conformed copy of consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Fund for U.S. Government Securities, Federated Real Return Bond Fund and Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund	(85)
21	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, KPMG LLP for Federated Prudent DollarBear Fund.	(89)
22	Conformed copy of c onsent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP for Federated Real Return Bond Fund.	(89)

(k)

Not Applicable

(l)

Not Applicable

(m)
1	Conformed copy of the Distribution Plan of the Registrant (including Exhibits A through E)	(20)
2	The responses described in Item 23I(8) are hereby incorporated by reference
3	Conformed copy of Exhibits F and G to the Distribution Plan of the Registrant	(27)
4	Conformed copy of Exhibit J to the Distribution Plan of the Registrant	(32)
5	Conformed copy of Amendment No. 1 to Exhibits A, D, F, and H to the Distributor’s Plan of the Registrant	(33)
6	Conformed copy of Exhibits to the Distribution Plan of the Registrant	(37)
7	Conformed copy of Exhibits K and L to the Distribution Plan of the Registrant for Federated Prudent Global Income Fund	(38)
8	Conformed copy of Exhibits M, N, O and L to the Distribution Plan of the Registrant for Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund and Federated Global Macro Bond Fund	(49)
9	Conformed copy of Exhibits E and J to the Distribution Plan of the Registrant for Federated Intermediate Income Fund and Federated Short-Term Income Fund	(56)
10	Conformed copy of Exhibit Q to the Distribution Plan of the Registrant for Federated Capital Income Fund	(68)

(n)
1	The Registrant hereby incorporates the Copy of the Multiple Class Plan and attached Exhibits from Item (n) of the Federated Short-Term Municipal Trust Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on August 28, 2006. (File Nos. 2-72277 and 811-3181)
2	Conformed copy of Multiple Class Plan for Class C Shares	(30)
3	Copy of Multiple Class Plan and attached exhibits	(31)
4	Conformed copy of Multiple Class Plan and attached exhibits for Class A Shares and Class F Shares	(33)
5	Copy of Exhibits of Class A, Class C and Institutional Shares to the Multiple Class Plan	(38)
6	Copy of Exhibits of Institutional Shares and Institutional Service Shares to the Multiple Class Plan	(40)
7	Copy of Exhibits of Class A, Class B, Class C and Class F Shares to the Multiple Class Plan	(42)
8	Copy of Exhibits of Class B, Class C and Class F Shares to the Multiple Class Plan	(45)
9	Copy of Exhibits of Class B and Institutional Shares to the Multiple Class Plan	(46)
10	Copy of Exhibits of Class A, Class C and Institutional Shares to the Multiple Class Plan	(48)
11	Copy of Exhibits of Class A, Class C and Institutional Shares to the Multiple Class Plan	(51)
12	Copy of Exhibits of Class A, Class B, Class C Class F, Class R, Class Y Shares, Institutional Shares and Institutional Service Shares to the Multiple Class Plan	(52)
13	Copy of Exhibits of Class B to the Multiple Class Plan	(57)
14	Copy of Exhibit of Institutional Shares to the Multiple Class Plan	(59)
15	Copy of Class R Shares Exhibit to Multiple Class Plan revised 6/1/13	(69)
16	Copy of Class A Shares Exhibit to Multiple Class Plan revised 3/1/15	(78)
17	Copy of Class F Shares Exhibit to Multiple Class Plan revised 3/1/15	(78)
18	Copy of Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares, Class F Shares and Institutional Shares Exhibits to the Multiple Class Plan revised 9/1/15	(82)
19	Copy of Class R Shares and Institutional Shares Exhibits to the Multiple Class Plan, revised 12/1/15	(84)
20	Copy of Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class F Shares Exhibits to the Multiple Class Plan, revised 12/31/15	(84)
21	Copy of Institutional Shares, Service Shares and Class Y Shares Exhibits to the Multiple Class Plan, revised 2/8/16	(86)
22	Copy of R6 Shares Exhibit to the Multiple Class Plan, revised 10/1/16	(87)
23	Copy of R6 Shares Exhibit to the Multiple Class Plan, revised 11/3/16	(88)

(o)
1	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of the Registrant	(12)
2	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Chief Investment Officer of the Registrant	(13)
3	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Trustees of the Registrant	(13)
4	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant	(23)
5	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee of the Registrant	(23)
6	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee of the Registrant	(24)
7	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee of the Registrant R. James Nicholson	(35)
8	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee of the Registrant Maureen Lally-Green	(42)
9	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee of the Registrant Lori A. Hensler	(65)
10	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee John T. Collins, dated October 28, 2013	(70)
11	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee P. Jerome Richey, dated October 28, 2013	(70)
12	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee G. Thomas Hough, dated August 11, 2015	(81)
13	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee of the Registrant, John B. Fisher, dated May 11, 2016	(85)

(p)
	Items 23 (p) (i) and (p) (ii) superseded by Item 23 (p) 1
1	Federated Investors, Inc. Code of Ethics for Access Persons, effective 1/1/2005, as revised 1/26/2005 and 8/19/2005.	(39)
2	Conformed Copy of the Federated Investors, Inc. Code of Ethics for Access Persons Effective 10/01/2008	(40)
3	Conformed Copy of the Federated Investors, Inc. Code of Ethics for Access Persons Effective 09/01/2010	(48)
4	Conformed Copy of the Federated Investors, Inc. Code of Ethics for Access Persons Effective 12/06/2010	(52)
5	Conformed Copy of the Federated Investors, Inc. Code of Ethics for Access Persons Effective 09/30/2012	(65)

Exhibit is being filed electronically with registration statement; indicate by footnote

	ALL RESPONSES ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO A POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT (PEA) OF THE REGISTRANT FILED ON FORM N-1A (FILE NOS. 33-3164 and 811-4577)
4	PEA No. 11 filed June 25, 1991
6	PEA No. 15 filed April 30, 1993
8	PEA No. 20 filed June 7, 1994
10	PEA No. 24 filed June 23, 1995
11	PEA No. 30 filed June 29, 1998
12	PEA No. 32 filed August 26, 1999
13	PEA No. 35 filed June 26, 2002
14	PEA No. 39 filed May 29, 2003
15	PEA No. 40 filed June 30, 2004
16	PEA No. 42 filed January 30, 2004
17	PEA No. 43 filed March 31, 2004
20	PEA No. 49 filed October 15, 2004
21	PEA No. 54 filed June 28, 2005
22	PEA No. 55 filed November 23, 2005
23	PEA No. 57 filed January 26, 2006
24	PEA No. 59 filed June 7, 2006
25	PEA No. 60 filed August 1, 2006
26	PEA No. 64 filed October 18, 2006
27	PEA No. 65 filed November 16, 2006
28	PEA NO. 66 filed December 28, 2006
29	PEA No. 68 filed January 30, 2007
30	PEA No. 69 filed May 29, 2007
31	PEA No. 71 filed June 28, 2007
32	PEA No. 72 filed October 22, 2007
33	PEA No. 74 filed December 28, 2007
34	PEA No. 75 filed January 28, 2008
35	PEA No. 76 filed May 29, 2008
36	PEA No. 77 filed June 27, 2008
37	PEA No. 79 filed September 11, 2008
38	PEA No. 80 filed December 29, 2008
39	PEA No. 81 filed January 29, 2009
40	PEA No. 82 filed May 29, 2009
41	PEA No. 83 filed June 26, 2009
42	PEA No. 84 filed October 30, 2009
43	PEA No. 85 filed December 1, 2009
44	PEA No. 87 filed December 31, 2009
45	PEA No. 88 filed January 28, 2010
46	PEA No. 89 filed May 25, 2010
47	PEA No. 90 filed June 28, 2010
48	PEA No 91 filed September 15, 2010
49	PEA No 92 filed September 21, 2010
50	PEA No 93 filed November 24, 2010
51	PEA No. 94 filed December 29, 2010
52	PEA No. 97 filed February 23, 2011
53	PEA No. 99 filed May 27, 2011
54	PEA No. 101 filed June 27, 2011
55	PEA No. 102 filed July 1, 2011
56	PEA No. 105 filed November 29, 2011
57	PEA No. 107 filed December 28, 2011
58	PEA No. 109 filed January 27, 2012
59	PEA No. 111 filed March 26, 2012
60	PEA No. 113 filed May 25, 2012
61	PEA No. 115 filed June 26, 2012
62	PEA No. 117 filed November 27, 2012
63	PEA No. 119 filed December 28, 2012
64	PEA No. 121 filed January 25, 2013
65	PEA No. 123 filed March 18, 2013
66	PEA No. 124 filed May 29, 2013
67	PEA No. 126 filed June 25, 2013
68	PEA No. 127 filed June 27, 2013
69	PEA No. 131 filed September 6, 2013
70	PEA No. 133 filed November 18, 2013
71	PEA No. 134 filed November 26, 2013
72	PEA No. 136 filed December 26, 2013
73	PEA NO. 138 filed on January 28, 2014
74	PEA No. 140 filed May 29, 2014
75	PEA No. 142 filed June 26, 2014
76	PEA No. 144 filed December 29, 2014
77	PEA No. 146 filed January 28, 2015
78	PEA No. 148 filed May 28, 2015
79	PEA No. 150 filed June 24, 2015
80	PEA No. 152 filed August 7, 2015
81	PEA No. 153 filed October 21,2015
82	PEA No. 155 filed November 25, 2015
83	PEA No. 157 filed December 29, 2015
84	PEA No. 159 filed January 28, 2016
85	PEA No. 161 filed May 25, 2016
86	PEA No. 163 filed June 27, 2016
87	PEA No. 165 filed October 13, 2016
88	PEA No. 166 filed November 10, 2016
89	PEA No. 167 filed November 25, 2016

Item 29 Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Fund:

None

Item 30 Indemnification

(4)

Item 31 Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser: Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania
For a description of the other business of the Investment Adviser, see the section entitled “Who Manages the Fund?” in Part A. The affiliations with the Registrant of one of the Trustees and two of the Officers of the Investment Adviser are included in Part B of this Registration Statement under "Who Manages and Provides Services to the Fund?" The remaining Trustees of the Investment Adviser and, in parentheses, their principal occupations are: Thomas R. Donahue, (Chief Financial Officer, Federated Investors, Inc.), 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222-3779, John B. Fisher, (Vice Chairman, Federated Investors, Inc.) 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222-3779 and Mark D. Olson a principal of the firm, Mark D. Olson & Company, L.L.C. and Partner, Morris James LLP, 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500, Wilmington, DE 19801-1494. The business address of each of the Officers of the Investment Adviser is Federated Investors Tower, 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779. These individuals are also officers of a majority of the Investment Advisers to the investment companies in the Federated Fund Complex described in Part B of this Registration Statement.
The Officers of the Investment Adviser are:
Chairman	J. Christopher Donahue
President/ Chief Executive Officer:	John B. Fisher
Executive Vice President	Stephen F. Auth
Senior Vice Presidents:	Michael Dieschbourg Linda A. Duessel Anne H. Kruczek Dana L. Meissner John L. Nichol Daniel Peris
Vice Presidents:	Deborah D. Bickerstaff Linda Bakhshian P. Ryan Bend G. Andrew Bonnewell Jared Hoff Chad Hudson Ian Miller Lila Murphy
Assistant Vice Presidents:	Damian McIntyre Keith Michaud
Secretary:	G. Andrew Bonnewell
Assistant Secretaries:	Edward C. Bartley George F. Magera
Treasurer:	Thomas R. Donahue
Assistant Treasurers:	Jeremy Boughton Richard A. Novak
Chief Compliance Officer:	Stephen Van Meter

Item 31 Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser: Federated Investment Management Company
For a description of the other business of the Investment Adviser, see the section entitled “Who Manages the Fund?” in Part A. The affiliations with the Registrant of two of the Trustees and four of the Officers of the Investment Adviser are included in Part B of this Registration Statement under "Who Manages and Provides Services to the Fund?" The remaining Trustees of the Investment Adviser and, in parentheses, their principal occupations are: Thomas R. Donahue, (Chief Financial Officer, Federated Investors, Inc.), 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222-3779, John B. Fisher, (Vice Chairman, Federated Investors, Inc.) 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222-3779 and Mark D. Olson a principal of the firm, Mark D. Olson & Company, L.L.C. and Partner, Morris James LLP, 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500, Wilmington, DE 19801-1494. The business address of each of the Officers of the Investment Adviser is Federated Investors Tower, 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779. These individuals are also officers of a majority of the Investment Advisers to the investment companies in the Federated Fund Complex described in Part B of this Registration Statement.
The Officers of the Investment Adviser are:
Chairman:	J. Christopher Donahue
President/ Chief Executive Officer:	John B. Fisher
Executive Vice Presidents:	Deborah A. Cunningham Robert J. Ostrowski
Senior Vice Presidents:	Todd Abraham J. Scott Albrecht Randall S. Bauer Jonathan C. Conley Mark E. Durbiano Donald T. Ellenberger Eamonn G. Folan Richard J. Gallo John T. Gentry Susan R. Hill William R. Jamison Jeffrey A. Kozemchak Anne H. Kruczek Marian R. Marinack Mary Jo Ochson Jeffrey A. Petro Ihab Salib Michael W. Sirianni, Jr. Steven J. Wagner Paige Wilhelm
Vice Presidents:	G. Andrew Bonnewell Hanan Callas Jerome Conner Lee R. Cunningham, II B. Anthony Delserone, Jr. Joseph A. Delvecchio Jason DeVito Bryan Dingle William Ehling Ann Ferentino Timothy P. Gannon Kathryn P. Glass James L. Grant Patricia L. Heagy Nathan H. Kehm John C. Kerber J. Andrew Kirschler Allen J. Knizner Tracey Lusk Karen Manna Christopher McGinley Keith E. Michaud Karl Mocharko Joseph A. Mycka Joseph M. Natoli Gene Neavin Bob Nolte Liam O’Connell Mary Kay Pavuk John Polinski Rae Ann Rice Brian Ruffner Thomas C. Scherr John Sidawi Kyle Stewart Mary Ellen Tesla Timothy G. Trebilcock Nicholas S. Tripodes Anthony A. Venturino Mark Weiss George B. Wright Christopher Wu
Assistant Vice Presidents:	John Badeer Patrick Benacci Christopher Bodamer David B. Catalane Nicholas Cecchini Leslie Ciferno Gregory V. Czamara Daniel J. Mastalski Robert J. Matthews Nick Navari John W. Scullion Steven J. Slanika Patrick J. Strollo III James D. Thompson
Secretary:	G. Andrew Bonnewell
Assistant Secretaries:	Edward C. Bartley George F. Magera
Treasurer:	Thomas R. Donahue
Assistant Treasurers:	Jeremy D. Boughton Richard A. Novak
Chief Compliance Officer:	Stephen Van Meter

Item 32 Principal Underwriters:
(a)	Federated Securities Corp., the Distributor for shares of the Registrant, acts as principal underwriter for the following open-end investment companies, including the Registrant:
	Federated Adjustable Rate Securities Fund
	Federated Core Trust
	Federated Core Trust II, L.P.
	Federated Core Trust III
	Federated Equity Funds
	Federated Equity Income Fund, Inc.
	Federated Fixed Income Securities, Inc.
	Federated Global Allocation Fund
	Federated Government Income Securities, Inc.
	Federated Government Income Trust
	Federated High Income Bond Fund, Inc.
	Federated High Yield Trust
	Federated Income Securities Trust
	Federated Index Trust
	Federated Institutional Trust
	Federated Insurance Series
	Federated International Series, Inc.
	Federated Investment Series Funds, Inc.
	Federated Managed Pool Series
	Federated MDT Series
	Federated MDT Stock Trust
	Federated Municipal Securities Fund, Inc.
	Federated Municipal Securities Income Trust
	Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund
	Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund
	Federated Short-Intermediate Duration Municipal Trust
	Federated Total Return Government Bond Fund
	Federated Total Return Series, Inc.
	Federated U.S. Government Securities Fund: 1-3 Years
	Federated U.S. Government Securities Fund: 2-5 Years
	Federated World Investment Series, Inc.
	Intermediate Municipal Trust
	Edward Jones Money Market Fund
	Money Market Obligations Trust

(b)
(1) Positions and Offices with Distributor	(2) Name	(3) Positions and Offices With Registrant
Chairman:	Richard B. Fisher
Executive Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Director:	Thomas R. Donahue
President and Director:	Paul Uhlman
Vice President and Director:	Peter J. Germain
Director:	Frank C. Senchak

(1) Positions and Offices with Distributor	(2) Name	(3) Positions and Offices With Registrant
Executive Vice Presidents:	Michael Bappert Peter W. Eisenbrandt Solon A. Person, IV Colin B. Starks
Senior Vice Presidents:	Irving Anderson Jack Bohnet Bryan Burke Scott J. Charlton Steven R. Cohen Charles L. Davis Michael T. diMarsico Jack C. Ebenreiter Theodore Fadool, Jr. James Getz Dayna C. Haferkamp Vincent L. Harper, Jr. Bruce E. Hastings James M. Heaton Donald Jacobson Harry J. Kennedy Michael Koenig Edwin C. Koontz Anne H. Kruczek Jane E. Lambesis Michael Liss Diane Marzula Amy Michaliszyn Richard C. Mihm Vincent T. Morrow Alec H. Neilly Becky Nelson Keith Nixon Stephen Otto Brian S. Ronayne Tom Schinabeck John Staley Robert F. Tousignant Jerome R. Tuskan William C. Tustin Michael Wolff Erik Zettlemayer Paul Zuber

Vice Presidents:	Catherine M. Applegate Robert W. Bauman Marc Benacci Christopher D. Berg Dan Berry Bill Boarts Matthew A. Boyle Edward R. Bozek Edwin J. Brooks, III Thomas R. Brown Mark Carroll Dan Casey James Conely Stephen J. Costlow Mary Ellen Coyne Kevin J. Crenny Stephen P. Cronin David G. Dankmyer Donald Edwards Stephen Francis Timothy Franklin David D. Gregoire Scott Gundersen Michael L. Guzzi Raymond J. Hanley Louis R. Hery, Jr. Scott A. Holick Robert Hurbanek Jeffrey S. Jones Todd Jones Scott D. Kavanagh Patrick Kelly Nicholas R. Kemerer Shawn E. Knudson Crystal C. Kwok Jerry L. Landrum Hans W. Lange, Jr. Joseph R. Lantz David M. Larrick John P. Lieker Jonathan Lipinski Paul J. Magan Margaret M. Magrish Meghan McAndrew Martin J. McCaffrey Brian McInis Kyle Morgan John C. Mosko Doris T. Muller Ted Noethling John A. O’Neill James E. Ostrowski Mark Patsy Rich Paulson Stephen Pedicini Marcus Persichetti Chris Prado Sean Quirk Josh Rasmussen Richard A. Recker Diane M. Robinson Timothy A. Rosewicz Matt Ryan
	Eduardo G. Sanchez Peter Siconolfi Biran J. Sliney Justin Slomkowski Bradley Smith Edward L. Smith John R. Stanley Mark Strubel Jonathan Sullivan Christie Teachman Cynthia M. Tomczak Michael Vahl David Wasik G. Walter Whalen Lewis Williams Theodore Williams Brian R. Willer Littell L. Wilson James J. Wojciak Edward J. Wojnarowski Daniel Wroble

Assistant Vice Presidents:	Debbie Adams-Marshall Kenneth C. Baber Raisa E. Barkaloff Chris Jackson Jaimie A. Kosanovich Stephen R. Massey Carol McEvoy McCool John K. Murray Melissa R. Ryan Carol Anne Sheppard Laura Vickerman James Wagner
Secretary:	Kary A. Moore
Assistant Secretaries:	Edward C. Bartley
	Thomas R. Donahue
	George F. Magera
Treasurer:	Richard A. Novak
Assistant Treasurer:	Jeremy D. Boughton
Chief Compliance Officer:	Stephen Van Meter

(c)

Not Applicable

Item 33 Location of Accounts and Records:

All accounts and records required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 31a-1 through 31a-3 promulgated thereunder and those records required to be maintained by the Adviser with respect to the Registrant in accordance with CFTC regulations are maintained at one of the following locations:

Registrant

Federated Investors Funds
4000 Ericsson Drive

Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

(Notices should be sent to the Agent for Service at the address listed on the facing page of this filing.)

Federated Administrative Services (“Administrator”)

Federated Investors Tower

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

Federated Investment Management Company (Adviser to Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund, Federated Fund for U.S. Government Securities, Federated Intermediate Corporate Bond Fund, Federated Real Return Bond Fund and Federated Short-Term Income Fund.)

(“Adviser”)

Federated Investors Tower

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania (Adviser to Federated Capital Income Fund, Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund and Federated Prudent DollarBear Fund) (“Adviser”)

Federated Investors Tower

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

Federated Investment Management Company (Sub-Adviser to Federated Capital Income Fund, Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund and Federated Prudent DollarBear Fund)

(“Sub-Adviser”)

Federated Investors Tower

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

State Street Bank and Trust Company

(“Transfer Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent” and “Custodian”)

P.O. Box 8600

Boston, MA 02266-8600

The Bank of New York Mellon

(“Custodian” for Federated Enhanced Treasury Income Fund only)

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Item 34 Management Services: Not applicable.

Item 35 Undertakings:

Registrant hereby undertakes to comply with the provisions of Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act with respect to the removal of Trustees and the calling of special shareholder meetings by shareholders.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Federated Income Securities Trust, has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 14th day of December 2016.

FEDERATED INCOME SECURITIES TRUST

BY: /s/ George F. Magera, Assistant Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacity and on the date indicated:

NAME	TITLE	DATE
BY:/s/ George F. Magera Assistant Secretary	Attorney In Fact For the Persons Listed Below	December 14, 2016
J. Christopher Donahue *	President and Trustee (Principal Executive Officer)
John B. Fisher*	Trustee
Lori A. Hensler*	Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
John T. Collins*	Trustee
G. Thomas Hough*	Trustee
Maureen Lally-Green*	Trustee
Peter E. Madden*	Trustee
Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.*	Trustee
Thomas O’Neill*	Trustee
P. Jerome Richey*	Trustee
John S. Walsh*	Trustee
*By Power of Attorney