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Quarterly Interest Rate Certification

2018 - Fourth 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 July 16, 2018)
Month Year Dollar Amt. Sold ($000) Avg. Yield to Maturity
April 2018 $172,363,050.90 2.7308881%
May 2018 $206,795,842.40 2.8335026%
June 2018 $180,453,897.30 2.7469066%
Table 2a - Interest Rates for Specific Legislation
(Updated July 10, 2018)
Legislation Rate
3 Month
Period Ending
09/30/2017
3 Month
Period Ending
12/31/2017
3 Month
Period Ending
03/31/2018
3 Month
Period Ending
06/30/2018
Higher Education Act of 1965 - Section 438(b)(2) and Section 731(b) 1.06% 1.24% 1.59% 1.88%
Public Law 101-514 - Nuclear Waste Fund 1.06% 1.24% 1.59% 1.88%
Health Professions Education Extension Amendment of 1992 - Section 705(b) 1.06% 1.24% 1.59% 1.88%
National Health Services Corps Scholarship Program (42 USC 254o(b)) 9-3/4% 10-5/8% 10-1/4% 10-1/4%
National Research Service Award Program (42 USC 288(c)(4)(B)) 9-3/4% 10-5/8% 10-1/4% 10-1/4%
Table 2b - Interest Rates for Specific Legislation
(Updated July 2, 2018)
Legislation Rate
Effective
Oct - Dec
2017
Effective
Jan - Mar
2018
Effective
Apr - June
2018
Effective
July - Sep
2018
Public Law 99-469 - Section 4(a) 1% 1-1/4% 1-3/4% 1-7/8%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Immigration Bond (8 USC 1363(a)) 1.06% 1.24% 1.59% 1.88%