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Quarterly Interest Rate Certification

2020 - First Quarter

In February of 1997, the Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury delegated to the Bureau of the Public Debt (now the Bureau of the Fiscal Service) the responsibility of providing interest rate certification to various agencies.

The following table contains rates certified by Treasury for various statutory purposes.

Table 1 - Interest Rates for the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
(Updated October 15, 2019)
Month Year Dollar Amt. Sold ($000) Avg. Yield to Maturity
July 2019 $196,153,424.20 1.9519855%
August 2019 $266,488,263.90 1.6192099%
September 2019 $202,738,872.30 1.6726332%
Table 2a - Interest Rates for Specific Legislation
(Updated October 10, 2019)
Legislation Rate
3 Month
Period Ending
12/31/2018
3 Month
Period Ending
03/31/2019
3 Month
Period Ending
06/30/2019
3 Month
Period Ending
09/30/2019
Higher Education Act of 1965 - Section 438(b)(2) and Section 731(b) 2.38% 2.45% 2.37% 2.04%
Public Law 101-514 - Nuclear Waste Fund 2.38% 2.45% 2.37% 2.04%
Health Professions Education Extension Amendment of 1992 - Section 705(b) 2.38% 2.45% 2.37% 2.04%
National Health Services Corps Scholarship Program (42 USC 254o(b)) 10-3/4% 10-3/8% 10-5/8% 10-1/8%
National Research Service Award Program (42 USC 288(c)(4)(B)) 10-3/4% 10-3/8% 10-5/8% 10-1/8%
Table 2b - Interest Rates for Specific Legislation
(Updated October 1, 2019)
Legislation Rate
Effective
Jan - Mar
2019
Effective
Apr - June
2019
Effective
July - Sep
2019
Effective
Oct - Dec
2019
Public Law 99-469 - Section 4(a) 2-3/8% 2-1/2% 2-1/4% 2%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Immigration Bond (8 USC 1363(a)) 2.38% 2.45% 2.37% 2.04%