Item 8.01 Other Events.
FILING OF PROXY STATEMENT
On April 4, 2008, Fannie Mae (formally, the Federal National Mortgage Association) filed its proxy statement relating to its 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Pursuant to the July 12, 2002 letter to Fannie Mae from the SEC's Office of the Chief Counsel of the Division of Corporation Finance, Fannie Mae may satisfy the provisions of Form 10-K relating to incorporation of information by reference into Part III of the Form 10-K by filing this current report on Form 8-K. Fannie Mae hereby incorporates by reference into Items 10 through 14, Part III, of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, the portions of its proxy statement contained in Exhibit 99.1 to this report. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) The exhibit index filed herewith is incorporated herein by reference.

All information contained in Exhibit 99.1 to this report, other than the "Report of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors" (the "Compensation Committee Report"), shall be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Compensation Committee Report furnished as part of Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of
Section 18, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any disclosure document relating to Fannie Mae, except to the extent expressly incorporated by reference herein.

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