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Vanguard® Short-Term Federal Fund
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
As of October 31, 2022
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value
($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (93.8%)
U.S. Government Securities (34.2%)
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 2/29/24 315,000 304,763
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 4/30/24 250,000 241,328
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 6/30/24 398,000 387,615
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 10/31/24 68,000 67,862
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 1/15/25 21,400 19,889
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 2/15/25 69,600 65,076
1,2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 3/15/25 297,200 279,182
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 5/15/25 100,000 95,906
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875% 6/15/25 161,425 155,170
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 7/15/25 103,000 99,202
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 8/15/25 122,500 118,289
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250% 10/15/25 41,700 41,485
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125% 9/30/27 246,200 244,815
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125% 10/31/27 63,000 62,675
            2,183,257
Agency Bonds and Notes (46.1%)
3 AID-Israel 0.000% 11/1/24 6,905 6,272
4 Fannie Mae Interest Strip 0.000% 11/15/25 8,000 6,970
4 Fannie Mae Principal Strip 0.000% 5/15/30 57,658 41,254
4 Fannie Mae Principal Strip 0.000% 11/15/30 7,000 4,876
  Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp. 0.680% 3/9/26 275,000 241,505
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 4.500% 10/3/24 100,000 99,843
  Federal Home Loan Banks 0.830% 2/10/27 136,475 117,084
  Federal Home Loan Banks 0.850% 2/17/27 100,000 85,818
  Federal Home Loan Banks 1.020% 2/24/27 10,570 9,134
  Federal Home Loan Banks 0.900% 2/26/27 105,695 90,841
  Federal Home Loan Banks 0.920% 2/26/27 25,900 22,278
  Federal Home Loan Banks 1.115% 2/26/27 49,145 42,640
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 4.000% 8/28/24 45,950 45,211
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 4.000% 12/30/24 300,000 294,135
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 4.000% 2/28/25 226,200 221,337
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 4.320% 3/21/25 150,000 147,561
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 4.050% 8/28/25 125,000 121,807
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 4.160% 8/28/25 52,950 51,689
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 4.200% 8/28/25 151,000 147,500
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.640% 11/24/25 174,650 154,557
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.700% 12/30/25 194,850 172,300
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.650% 12/17/25 138,500 122,430
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.650% 12/17/25 180,495 159,552
4 Freddie Mac Coupon Strips 0.000% 3/15/31 4,455 3,054
4 Freddie Mac Principal Strips 0.000% 3/15/31 21,820 14,959
  Private Export Funding Corp. 3.550% 1/15/24 8,700 8,543

      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value
($000)
  Private Export Funding Corp. 1.400% 7/15/28 26,000 21,611
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 1/15/30 4,155 2,992
  Resolution Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 1/15/30 394,377 283,996
  Resolution Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 4/15/30 227,307 161,718
  Tennessee Valley Authority 1.500% 9/15/31 50,000 38,641
            2,942,108
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (9.0%)
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.000% 9/1/28–6/1/30 2,295 2,062
4,5 UMBS Pool 1.500% 12/1/35–12/1/36 145,342 123,693
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 2.000% 10/1/27–11/16/37 238,989 209,313
4,5 UMBS Pool 2.500% 2/1/35 11,544 10,496
4,5 UMBS Pool 3.500% 1/1/33–9/1/48 72,182 68,342
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 4.500% 11/16/37 135,000 131,224
4,5 UMBS Pool 6.000% 8/1/49–10/1/52 26,617 26,676
            571,806
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (4.5%)
4,5 Fannie Mae REMICS 1.500% 12/25/51 19,321 12,398
4,5 Fannie Mae REMICS 3.000% 9/25/50–2/25/52 107,438 81,887
4,5 Freddie Mac REMICS 2.000% 12/25/51 175 120
4,5 Freddie Mac REMICS 3.000% 9/25/50–2/25/52 94,651 72,035
5 Ginnie Mae 1.500% 2/20/51–12/20/51 38,317 31,721
5 Ginnie Mae 2.000% 11/20/51 17,716 14,156
5 Ginnie Mae 2.500% 9/20/51 3,224 2,521
5 Ginnie Mae 3.000% 11/20/50–12/20/51 94,529 72,149
5 Ginnie Mae 3.500% 11/20/51 550 435
            287,422
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $6,441,617) 5,984,593
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (3.8%)
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class A2 Series K040 Pass Through Certificates 3.241% 9/25/24 13,600 13,181
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class A2 Series K041 Pass Through Certificates 3.171% 10/25/24 49,000 47,356
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class A2 Series K044 Pass Through Certificates 2.811% 1/25/25 65,216 62,347
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class A2 Series K045 Pass Through Certificates 3.023% 1/25/25 35,710 34,259
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class A2 Series K046 Pass Through Certificates 3.205% 3/25/25 32,000 30,732
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K035 Pass Through Certificates 0.450% 8/25/23 6,395 14
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K036 Pass Through Certificates 0.833% 10/25/23 3,410 17
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K037 Pass Through Certificates  1.072% 1/25/24 58,150 490
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K038 Pass Through Certificates 1.238% 3/25/24 2,094 23
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K040 Pass Through Certificates 0.835% 9/25/24 4,077 39
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 0.640% 12/25/24 19,517 185
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 0.773% 11/25/25 2,312 36
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 1.016% 12/25/25 9,948 218
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 1.298% 1/25/26 116,959 3,496

      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value
($000)
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 1.482% 3/25/26 3,695 134
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 1.304% 7/25/26 133,074 4,474
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 1.045% 8/25/26 6,647 187
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 0.426% 9/25/26 3,019 28
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 0.190% 10/25/26 10,994 32
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 0.423% 12/25/26 77,373 827
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 0.739% 3/25/27 3,013 66
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 0.810% 4/25/27 35,378 860
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K043 Pass Through Certificates 0.557% 8/25/27 4,292 73
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K088 Pass Through Certificates 0.510% 1/25/29 270,572 7,241
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K104 Pass Through Certificates 1.246% 1/25/30 54,994 3,374
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K105 Pass Through Certificates 1.645% 1/25/30 53,095 4,461
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K110 Pass Through Certificates 1.814% 4/25/30 20,220 1,881
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K135 Pass Through Certificates 0.284% 10/25/31 265,886 3,540
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K140 Pass Through Certificates 0.291% 3/25/54 128,016 2,852
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series K148 Pass Through Certificates 0.250% 7/25/32 164,983 3,631
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series KG02 Pass Through Certificates 1.148% 8/25/29 15,509 795
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series KG04 Pass Through Certificates 0.939% 11/25/30 10,983 558
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series KG05 Pass Through Certificates 0.402% 1/25/31 114,000 2,341
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series KG06 Pass Through Certificates 0.626% 10/25/31 36,982 1,331
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series KG07 Pass Through Certificates 0.002% 8/25/32 231,600 915
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series KIR1 Pass Through Certificates 1.182% 3/25/26 88,840 2,591
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series KSG2 Pass Through Certificates 0.213% 11/25/31 351,433 3,323
4,5,7,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Class X1 Series KW10 Pass Through Certificates 0.640% 9/25/29 53,461 1,851
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $248,326) 239,759
          Shares  
Temporary Cash Investments (4.3%)
Money Market Fund (4.3%)
9 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $274,168) 3.117%   2,742,541 274,199
Total Investments (101.9%) (Cost $6,964,111) 6,498,551

      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value
($000)
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities—Liability for Sale Commitments (-0.1%)
4,5,6 UMBS Pool (Proceeds($11,960)) 3.000% 12/1/26 (16,314) (7,440)
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-1.8%) (112,010)
Net Assets (100%) 6,379,101
Cost is in $000.      
1 Securities with a value of $3,142,000 have been segregated as collateral for certain open To Be Announced (TBA) transactions.
2 Securities with a value of $25,274,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
3 U.S. government-guaranteed.
4 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
5 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
6 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of October 31, 2022.
7 Interest-only security.
8 Variable-rate security; rate shown is effective rate at period end. Certain variable-rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.
9 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
  UMBS—Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2022 5,004 1,022,732 (6,605)
 
Short Futures Contracts        
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2022 (5,519) (610,367) 33,429
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2022 (1,116) (118,959) 351
Long U.S. Treasury Bond December 2022 (165) (19,883) 183
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2022 (1,754) (203,437) 1,944
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond December 2022 (1,098) (140,167) 1,275
        37,182
        30,577
A. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Bonds and temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral, as furnished by

independent pricing services. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees.
B. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its MSFTA, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the MSFTA.
At October 31, 2022, counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $1,000 and cash of $4,609,000 in connection with TBA transactions.
C. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund also enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions in which the fund buys mortgage-backed securities from a dealer pursuant to a TBA transaction and simultaneously agrees to sell similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The securities bought in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are used to cover an open TBA sell position. The fund continues to earn interest on mortgage-backed security pools already held and receives a lower price on the securities to be sold in the future. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased.
D. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded as an asset (liability).
E.  Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of October 31, 2022, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 5,984,593 5,984,593
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 239,759 239,759
Temporary Cash Investments 274,199 274,199
Total 274,199 6,224,352 6,498,551
Liabilities        
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities—Liability for Sale Commitments 7,440 7,440
Derivative Financial Instruments
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 37,182 37,182
Liabilities        
Futures Contracts1 6,605 6,605
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments.