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<p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">AMENDED AND
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STRATEGIES FUND, INC.</font></b></p>

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Bylaws of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. effective as of October 28, 2016
(the &#8220;Bylaws&#8221;) is made as of October 19, 2020 in accordance with Article VII,
Section 1 of the Bylaws.&#160; Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
herein defined are used as defined in the Bylaws.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:1.5in;text-align:justify;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Section 4. </font><u><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Control
Share Acquisition Act</font></u><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">. Pursuant to Sections 3-702(b) and (c)(4) of the
Maryland General Corporation Law (the &#8220;MGCL&#8221;), the board of directors has
adopted a resolution that the Corporation shall be subject to Title 3, Subtitle
7 of the MGCL (the &#8220;Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act&#8221; or the &#8220;Act&#8221;),
which shall apply to the voting rights of holders of&#160; shares of stock of the
Corporation acquired in a control share acquisition to the extent provided in
such provisions of the MGCL. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, (1) no
holder of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to exercise the
rights of an objecting stockholder under Section 3-708 of the MGCL; (2) the Act
shall not apply to the voting rights of the holders of any shares of preferred
stock of the Corporation (but only with respect to such shares); (3) the Act
shall not apply to the voting rights of any person acquiring shares of stock of
the Corporation in a control share acquisition (as defined in the Act) if,
prior to the acquisition, the person obtains approval of the board of directors
exempting the acquisition from the Act specifically, generally, or generally by
types, which exemption may include the person and the person&#8217;s affiliates or
associates or other persons; and (4) to the extent that any provisions of the
Act are determined to be inconsistent with the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, then any such provisions shall not apply. </font></p>

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees/Directors
of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc., BlackRock
Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and BlackRock
Limited Duration Income Trust:

In planning and performing our audits of the financial
statements of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.,
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (the "Funds") as of
and for the year ended December 31, 2020, in accordance with
the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Funds'
internal control over financial reporting, including controls
over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our
auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion
on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds'
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we
express no such opinion.

The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing
and maintaining effective internal control over financial
reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal
control over financial reporting is a process designed to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. A company's internal control over
financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that
(1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable
detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management and
directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of a company's
assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the
degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists
when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a
deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal
control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable
possibility that a material misstatement of the company's
annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Funds' internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first
paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies
in internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no
deficiencies in the Funds' internal control over financial
reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be a material weakness, as
defined above, as of December 31, 2020.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees/Directors of the Funds
and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than
these specified parties.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 23, 2021






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