SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* NICULESCU PETER S (Last) (First) (Middle) 3900 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W. (Street) WASHINGTON DC 20016 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION FANNIE MAE [ FNM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP for Capital Markets
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/10/2006
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/10/2006		F		3,709	D	$53.83	75,871(1)(2)	D
Common Stock								266.901(3)	I	By ESOP

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Under Fannie Mae's Performance Share Program, as a member of Fannie Mae's senior management, the reporting person has previously received awards that entitle the reporting person to receive shares of Fannie Mae common stock in an amount based upon and subject to Fannie Mae's meeting corporate performance objectives over three-year periods. Generally, Fannie Mae's Compensation Committee determines in January of the year following completion of the cycle the number of shares of common stock each awardee is entitled to receive, and the shares are paid out in two annual installments that January. (Footnote 1 is continued in 2 below.)

2. For the three-year performance cycle completed in 2003, the reporting person was determined in January 2004 to be entitled to receive 8,595 shares, of which the reporting person received 4,297 shares in accordance with the program and the balance was scheduled to be received in January 2005. As previously announced, Fannie Mae's Board of Directors and Compensation Committee have determined to defer payment of unpaid performance shares for the performance cycle completed in 2003 until reliable financial data for the relevant period are available. As a result, 4,298 shares scheduled to be issued to the reporting person in January 2005 have not yet been issued. These shares are included in the reporting person's total holdings above.

3. End of period holdings include additional shares acquired from the reinvestment of dividends in Issuer's ESOP through February 27, 2006.

Remarks:

	/s/ Peter S. Niculescu	03/13/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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