1933 Act File No.	33-60411
1940 Act File No.	811-7309

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.	32
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
	Amendment No.	33

FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN GOVERNMENT BOND FUND

(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):
	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
X	on	June 29, 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. 29 Filed on April 13, 2016 in their entirety.

Item 28. Exhibits

(a)
1	Conformed copy of Declaration of Trust of Registrant	(1)
2	Amendment No. 1	(2)
3	Amendment Nos. 2 and 3	(8)
4	Amendment No. 4	(18)

(b)
1	Copy of By-Laws	(1)
2	Amendment Nos. 1, 2 and 3	(5)
3	Amendment No. 4	(9)
4	Amendment No. 5	(10)
	Amendment No. 6	(11)
	Amendment Nos. 7 and 8	(12)

(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. (2)

(d)
1	Conformed copy of Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant	(2)
2	Conformed copy of Amendment to Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant	(8)
3	Conformed copy of Amendment #1 to Exhibit A to the Investment Advisory Contract	(14)

(e)
1	Conformed copy of Distributor’s Contract	(3)
2	Conformed copy of an Amendment to the Distributor’s Contract	(10)
3	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) 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).

(f) Not applicable

(g)
1	Conformed copy of Custodian Contract	(16)
2	Conformed copy of Custodian Fee Schedule	(4)

(h)
1	Conformed copy of Amended and Restated  Agreement for Fund Accounting Services, Administrative Services, Shareholder Transfer Agency Services and Custody Services Procurement	(5)
2	Conformed copy of Amendment to the Agreement for Fund Accounting Services, Administrative Services, Shareholder Transfer Agency Services and Custody Services Procurement	(8)
3	The Registrant hereby incorporates the conformed copy of Amendment No. 3 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)
4	Conformed copy of Second Amended and Restated Shareholder Services Agreement	(8)
5	The responses described in Item 23(e)(iii) are hereby incorporated by reference.
6	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 23(h)(iv)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)
7	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 23(h)(vii) 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)
8	Conformed copy of the Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement, with attached Exhibit A revised 3/1/2006	(12)
9	Conformed copy of Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between the Federated Funds Listed on Exhibit A Hereto and State Street Bank and Trust Company, revised 3/1/2006	(12)
10	Conformed copy of Financial Administration Accounting and Services Agreement, dated January 1, 2007	(13)
11	Conformed copy of Amendment to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, date January 1, 2008	(14)
12	Conformed copy of Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement, dated March 1, 2011	(16)
13	Conformed copy of Amended and Restated Agreement for Administrative Services dated 9/1/12	(19)
14	Conformed copy of Amendment to Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement dated March 1, 2015	(21)

(i) Conformed copy of Opinion and Consent of Counsel as to legality of shares being registered (7)

(j)
1	Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

(k) Not Applicable

(l) Conformed copy of Initial Capital Understanding (2)

(m)
1	Conformed copy of Distribution Plan of the Registrant	(12)
2	The responses described in Item 23€(iv) are hereby incorporated by reference

(n)
1	Conformed copy of the Multiple Class Plan and attached exhibits	(12)
2	Institutional Shares Exhibit to Multiple Class Plan	(18)
3	Service Shares Exhibit to Multiple Class Plan	(18)
4	Institutional Shares Exhibit to Multiple Class Plan	(23)
5	Service Shares Exhibit to Multiple Class Plan	(23)

(o)
1	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Registrant	(7)
2	Conformed  copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee of the Registrant	(12)
3	Conformed  copy of Power of Attorney of Treasurer of the Registrant	(12)
4	Conformed  copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee of the Registrant	(13)
5	Conformed  copy of Power of Attorney of Trustee of the Registrant	(13)
6	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of M. Lally-Green	(15)
7	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of L. Hensler	(19)
8	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of John T. Collins	(20)
9	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of P. Jerome Richey	(20)
10	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of G. Thomas Hough	(22)

(p)
1	Items 23(p) (i) and (ii) superseded by Item 23(p) 2
2	Federated Investors, Inc. Code of Ethics for Access Persons, effective 1/1/2005, as revised 1/26/2005 and 10/1/2008.	(14)
3	Conformed copy of Federated Investors, Inc. Code of Ethics for Access Persons, effective December 6, 2010;	(16)
4	Conformed copy of Federated Investors, Inc. Code of Ethics for Access Persons, effective 9/30/2012	(19)

+ 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. 33-60411 and 811-07309)
1	Initial Registration Statement filed June 20, 1995
2	Pre-effective Amendment No. 1 filed September 12, 1995
3	PEA No. 2 filed April 30, 1996
4	PEA No. 4 filed April 24, 1998
5	PEA No. 5 filed February 26, 1999
7	PEA No. 9 filed April 26, 2001
9	PEA No. 11 filed April 28, 2003
10	PEA No. 12 filed April 29, 2004
11	PEA No. 13 filed April 28, 2005
12	PEA No. 14 filed April 26, 2006
13	PEA No. 15 filed April 27, 2007
14	PEA No. 17 filed April 28, 2009
15	PEA No. 18 filed April 26, 2010
16	PEA No. 19 filed April 28, 2011
17	PEA No. 20 filed April 26, 2012
18	PEA No. 21 filed April 27, 2012
19	PEA No. 23 filed April 24, 2013
20	PEA No. 25 filed April 28, 2014
21	PEA No. 27 filed April 27, 2015
22	PEA No. 29 filed April 13, 2016
23	PEA No. 30 filed April 27, 2016

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

None

Item 30  Indemnification

(1)

Item 31  Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser:
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 one 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. Paige Wilhelm
Vice Presidents:	G. Andrew Bonnewell Hanan Callas Jerome Conner James R. Crea, Jr. Lee R. Cunningham, II B. Anthony Delserone, Jr. Ruggero deRossi Jason DeVito Bryan Dingle William Ehling Ann Ferentino 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 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 Stephen J. Wagner Mark Weiss George B. Wright Christopher Wu
Assistant Vice Presidents:	John Badeer Christopher Bodamer David B. Catalane Leslie Ciferno Gregory V. Czamara Timothy Gannon Daniel J. Mastalski Robert J. Matthews Nick Navari John W. Scullion Patrick J. Strollo III James D. Thompson
Secretary:	G. Andrew Bonnewell
Treasurer:	Thomas R. Donahue
Assistant Treasurers:	Jeremy D. Boughton Richard A. Novak
Chief Compliance Officer:	Steven 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:
	Cash Trust Series, Inc.
	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:	Thomas E. Territ
Vice President and Director:	Peter J. Germain
Director:	Denis McAuley III

(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 Paul Uhlman
Senior Vice Presidents:	Irving Anderson Jack Bohnet Bryan Burke Scott J. Charlton Charles L. Davis Michael T. diMarsico 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 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 Brian S. Ronayne Tom Schinabeck John Staley Robert F. Tousignant Jerome R. Tuskan William C. Tustin Michael Wolff Paul Zuber
Vice Presidents:	Catherine M. Applegate Robert W. Bauman Marc Benacci Christopher D. Berg Dan Berry Bill Boarts Edward R. Bozek Edwin J. Brooks, III Thomas R. Brown Mark Carroll Dan Casey Steven R. Cohen James Conely Stephen J. Costlow Mary Ellen Coyne Kevin J. Crenny Stephen P. Cronin Jack C. Ebenreiter Donald Edwards Timothy Franklin Peter Germain David D. Gregoire Scott Gundersen Michael L. Guzzi Raymond J. Hanley Scott A. Holick Robert Hurbanek Jeffrey S. Jones Todd Jones Scott D. Kavanagh Patrick Kelly Nicholas R. Kemerer Shawn E. Knudson Ed Koontz 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 Michael R. Manning Meghan McAndrew Martin J. McCaffrey Brian McInis Kyle Morgan John C. Mosko Doris T. Muller Ted Noethling John A. O’Neill James E. Ostrowski Stephen Otto Mark Patsy Rich Paulson 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 Jonathen Sullivan Christie Teachman Cynthia M. Tomczak Michael Vahl David Wasik G. Walter Whalen Stephen White Lewis Williams Theodore Williams Littell L. Wilson Edward J. Wojnarowski Daniel Wroble Erik Zettlemayer

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 Carol Anne Sheppard Laura Vickerman James Wagner
Secretary:	Kary A. Moore
Assistant Secretary	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 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 above address)
Federated Administrative Services (“Administrator”)	Federated Investors Tower 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Federated Investment Management Company (“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

Item 34 Management Services:  Not applicable.

Item 35  Undertakings:

Registrant hereby undertakes to comply with the provisions of Section 16© 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 Total Return Government Bond Fund, 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 23^rd day of June, 2016.

FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN GOVERNMENT BOND FUND

BY: /s/ George F. Magera

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 George F. Magera, Assistant Secretary	Attorney In Fact For the Persons Listed Below	June 23, 2016
J. Christopher Donahue *	President and Trustee (Principal Executive Officer)
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