Designate a New Effective Date for a Post-effective Amendment Previously Filed Pursuant to Rule 485(a) (485bxt)

  

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2020 

                            File Nos. 333-179904 and 811-22649 

  

 UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549 

  

FORM N-1A 

  

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933		x
Post-Effective Amendment No. 565		x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		x
Amendment No. 565		x

  

(Check appropriate box or boxes) 

  

iShares U.S. ETF Trust  

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 

  

c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company 

1 Lincoln Street 

Mail Stop SFC0805 

Boston, MA 02111 

(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code) 

  

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: [phone] 

  

The Corporation Trust Company 

1209 Orange Street 

Wilmington, DE 19801 

(Name and Address of Agent for Service) 

  

With Copies to: 

MARGERY K. NEALE, ESQ.			DEEPA DAMRE, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP			BLACKROCK FUND  ADVISORS
787 SEVENTH AVENUE			400 HOWARD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099			SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

  

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box): 

  

¨     Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)		x    On May 29, 2020, 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)

 If appropriate, check the following box: 

  

x	The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Explanatory Note 

  

  

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 565 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until May 29, 2020, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares Commodity Multi-Strategy ETF (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 448 on December 3, 2018, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act. 

  

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows: 

  

	PEA No.	Date Filed	Automatic Effective Date
	464	February 15, 2019	March 15, 2019
	472	March 14, 2019	April 5, 2019
	475	April 4, 2019	May 3, 2019
	482	May 2, 2019	May 31, 2019
	488	May 30, 2019	June 28, 2019
	496	June 27, 2019	July 26, 2019
	503	July 25, 2019	August 23, 2019
	510	August 22, 2019	September 20, 2019
	517	September 19, 2019	October 18, 2019
	525	October 17, 2019	November 15, 2019
	533	November 14, 2019	December 13, 2019
	543	December 12, 2019	January 10, 2020
	548	January 9, 2020	February 7, 2020
	552	February 6, 2020	March 6, 2020
	557	March 5, 2020	April 3, 2020
	561	April 2, 2020	May 1, 2020

  

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 565 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 448. 

  

  

 

SIGNATURES 

  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 565 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California on the 30^th day of April, 2020. 

  

iShares U.S. ETF Trust  

By:
	Armando Senra*
	President
	Date: April 30, 2020

  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 565 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. 

  

By:
	Salim Ramji*
	Trustee
	Date: April 30, 2020
	John E. Martinez*
	Trustee
	Date: April 30, 2020
	Cecilia H. Herbert*
	Trustee
	Date: April 30, 2020
	John E. Kerrigan*
	Trustee
	Date: April 30, 2020
	Robert S. Kapito*
	Trustee
	Date: April 30, 2020
	Madhav V. Rajan*
	Trustee
	Date: April 30, 2020
	Jane D. Carlin*
	Trustee
	Date: April 30, 2020
	Drew E. Lawton*
	Trustee
	Date: April 30, 2020
	Richard L. Fagnani*
	Trustee
	Date: April 30, 2020
	/s/ Trent W. Walker
	Trent W. Walker*
	Treasurer and Chief   Financial Officer
	Date: April 30, 2020
*By:	/s/ Trent W. Walker
	Trent W. Walker
	Attorney-in-fact
	Date: April 30, 2020

   

*

Powers of Attorney, each dated January 1, 2020, for Armando Senra, Salim Ramji, Jane D. Carlin, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan, Robert S. Kapito, Drew E. Lawton, Richard L. Fagnani and Trent W. Walker are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No.554, filed February 25, 2020.