<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000039911-16-000250.txt : 20160316
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000039911-16-000250
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160314
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160316
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160316

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GAP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000039911
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES [5651]
		IRS NUMBER:				941697231
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO FOLSOM STREET
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6509524400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO FOLSOM STREET
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94105

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GAP STORES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19850617

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PECK ARTHUR L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001393499

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07562
		FILM NUMBER:		161510820

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GAP INC.
		STREET 2:		2 FOLSOM STREET
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94015
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        <footnote id="F1">Each Performance Share represents a contingent right to receive one share of Gap Inc. Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On March 14, 2016, the reporting person was granted an option to purchase a total of 500,000 shares, vesting in four equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">On March 14, 2016 the Company's Compensation and Management Development Committee certified that the reporting person earned 14,159 Performance Shares following completion of a three-year (2013-2015) performance cycle under the Company's Long-Term Growth program, with half of the award vesting on the certification date and the remainder vesting on the anniversary of such date (subject to the reporting person's continued service with the Company).</footnote>
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        <signatureName>By: Marie Ma, Power of Attorney For: Arthur Peck</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-03-16</signatureDate>
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<TEXT>
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY

    I, Art Peck hereby constitute and appoint Paul Adams, Thomas J. Lima,
Marie Ma, Lisa Mertens, and Frances Turalba with the power to sign alone, as
my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act for me in my capacity as an
officer and/or director of THE GAP, INC. (the Company) to:
1.	Sign and file the Uniform Application for Access Codes on Edgar;

2.	Prepare, sign and file Forms 3, 4 and 5 in furtherance of satisfying my
obligations under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the 1934 Act) with respect to Company securities;

3.	Prepare, sign and file notices on Form 144 in furtherance of satisfying
my obligations, if any,  under Rule 144 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1933 (the 1933 Act) with respect to Company securities; and

4.	Execute and deliver any and all documents, take any and all steps and
do any and all things that my attorney in fact may deem necessary or
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes stated in (1), (2) and (3)
above.

       I hereby grant to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform any act that he or she deems necessary or appropriate in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers granted by this Power of Attorney,
as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation.  I acknowledge that
neither my attorneys-in-fact nor the Company is assuming any of my
responsibilities and obligations to comply with the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act
and the rules thereunder.

       This Power of Attorney will remain in effect until I am no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 with respect to Company securities,
except that I reserve the right to revoke this Power of Attorney by written
notice delivered to my attorneys in fact and the Company.




Date:  	February 24, 2016		/s/ Art Peck
						Art Peck
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