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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
Form N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 2-47371)   
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  [X] 
Pre-Effective Amendment No.  [ ] 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 102  [X] 
and
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 811-2368) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT 
OF 1940   
Amendment No. 103  [X] 
 
 
VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES 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 will become effective (check appropriate box) 
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 
[X] on June 5, 2014, pursuant to paragraph (b) 
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
[ ] on (date), pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)   
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) 
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485 
If appropriate, check the following box:   
[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a 
previously filed post-effective amendment.   

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant hereby certifies that it meets all requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statements 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 5th day of June, 2014.

VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS

BY: /s/ F. William McNabb III*

F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

/s/ F. William McNabb III*  Chairman and Chief Executive  June 5, 2014 
  Officer   
F. William McNabb III     
/s/ Emerson U. Fullwood*  Trustee  June 5, 2014 
Emerson U. Fullwood     
/s/ Rajiv L. Gupta*  Trustee  June 5, 2014 
Rajiv L. Gupta     
/s/ Amy Gutmann*  Trustee  June 5, 2014 
Amy Gutmann     
/s/ JoAnn Heffernan Heisen*  Trustee  June 5, 2014 
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen     
/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey*  Trustee  June 5, 2014 
F. Joseph Loughrey     
/s/ Mark Loughridge*  Trustee  June 5, 2014 
Mark Loughridge     
/s/ Scott C. Malpass*  Trustee  June 5, 2014 
Scott C. Malpass     
/s/ André F. Perold*  Trustee  June 5, 2014 
André F. Perold     
/s/ Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.*  Trustee  June 5, 2014 
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.     
/s/ Peter F. Volanakis*  Trustee  June 5, 2014 
Peter F. Volanakis     
/s/ Thomas J. Higgins*  Chief Financial Officer  June 5, 2014 
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.


INDEX TO EXHIBITS   
 
XBRL Instance Document  Ex-101.INS 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document  Ex-101.SCH 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document  Ex-101.CAL 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document  Ex-101.DEF 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document  Ex-101.LAB 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document  Ex-101.PRE