Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines 8-K/A Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No.1)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 6, 2017

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Federally Chartered Corporation	000-51999	42-6000149
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
Financial Center 666 Walnut Street Des Moines, Iowa		50309
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 515-281-1000

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 9, 2017, the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (the “Bank”) declared that Steven L. Bumann, Christine H.H. Camp, John A. Klebba, James G. Livingston, Lauren M. MacVay and Cynthia A. Parker had been elected to the Board for terms commencing on January 1, 2018, which the Bank reported via Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2017 (the "Original Form 8-K"). At the time of that filing, the Board committee assignments for 2018 had not been made. The Bank is filing this Form 8-K/A to report Board committee assignments for 2018. This Form 8-K/A amends the Original Form 8-K to disclose the 2018 Board committee assignments.

Board Committee Assignments

On December 13, 2017, the Board approved the following committee appointments for all directors for 2018:

Executive and Governance Committee	Audit Committee
Benson Porter, Chair	Doug Hile, Chair
Ellen Lamale, Vice Chair	James Livingston, Vice Chair
Chris Grimm	Ruth Bennett
Eric Hardmeyer	Steve Bumann
Doug Hile	David Ferries
Teresa Keegan	John Kennedy
Michelle Keeley	John Klebba
John Kennedy	Elsie Meeks
Elsie Meeks
John Robinson
Business Operations and Technology Committee	Finance and Planning Committee
Teresa Keegan, Chair	Michelle Keeley, Chair
Michael McGowan, Vice Chair	Steve Bumann, Vice Chair
Christine Camp	David Bobbitt
Marianne Emerson	James Livingston
Eric Hardmeyer	Benson Porter
Ellen Lamale	Teresa Keegan
Lauren MacVay
David Wilson

Housing and Community Investment Committee	Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Elsie Meeks, Chair	John Robinson, Chair
David Ferries, Vice Chair	David Bobbitt, Vice Chair
Christine Camp	Chris Grimm
Cynthia Parker	Michelle Keeley
David Wilson	Cynthia Parker
	Benson Porter
	Robert Stuart
Member Committee	Nominating Committee
Chris Grimm, Chair	Eric Hardmeyer, Chair
Ruth Bennett, Vice Chair	Doug Hile, Vice Chair
Eric Hardmeyer	Marianne Emerson
Lauren MacVay	David Ferries
Robert Stuart	Ellen Lamale
	Benson Porter
	John Robinson
Risk Committee
John Kennedy, Chair
Marianne Emerson, Vice Chair
Doug Hile
John Klebba
Ellen Lamale
Michael McGowan
John Robinson

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
December 18, 2017	By:	/s/ Michael L. Wilson
		Name: Michael L. Wilson
		Title: President and Chief Executive Officer