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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001341004-15-000950
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	486BPOS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		13
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151222
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20151222

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001259708
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		486BPOS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-194573
		FILM NUMBER:		151302654

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-441-7762

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061020

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030813

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001259708
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		486BPOS
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21413
		FILM NUMBER:		151302655

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-441-7762

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061020

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030813
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<td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">$</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">93,000</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">53,000</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">38,000</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">101,500</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">107,000</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">135,200</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">210,521</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">88,197</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">79,195</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">48,258</font></td>
<td nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">50,591</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">102,272</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">133,763</font></td>
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<td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">&#160;</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="5%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">101,916</font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom" width="20%"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160; </font> </td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160; </font> </td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom" width="50%"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160; </font> </td>
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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline">High Yield Securities (<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;</font>Junk Bonds<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8221;</font>) </font>. The Fund may invest in securities rated, at the time of investment, below investment grade quality such as those rated Ba or below by Moody&#8217;s or BB or below by S&amp;P, or securities comparably rated by other rating agencies or in unrated securities determined by the Investment Advisor to be of comparable quality. Such securities, sometimes referred to as &#8220;high yield&#8221; or &#8220;junk&#8221; bonds, are predominantly speculative with respect to the capacity to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of the security and generally involve greater price volatility than securities in higher rating categories.&#160;&#160;Often the protection of interest and principal payments with respect to such securities may be very moderate and issuers of such securities face major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial or economic conditions which could lead to inadequate capacity to meet timely interest and principal payments.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The ratings of Moody&#8217;s, S&amp;P and other rating agencies represent their opinions as to the quality of the obligations which they undertake to rate. Ratings are relative and subjective and, although ratings may be useful in evaluating the safety of interest and principal payments, they do not evaluate the market value risk of such obligations. Although these ratings may be an initial criterion for selection of portfolio investments, the Investment Advisor also will independently evaluate these securities and the ability of the issuers of such securities to pay interest and principal. To the extent that the Fund invests in lower grade securities that have not been rated by a rating agency, the Fund&#8217;s ability to achieve its investment objective will be more dependent on the Investment Advisor&#8217;s credit analysis than would be the case when the Fund invests in rated securities.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline">Senior Loans Risk</font>. Senior loans typically hold the most senior position in the capital structure of the issuing entity, are typically secured with specific collateral and typically have a claim on the assets and/or stock of the borrower that is senior to that held by subordinated debt holders and stockholders of the borrower. The Fund&#8217;s investments in senior loans are typically below investment grade and are considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuer.&#160;&#160;The risks associated with senior loans are similar to the risks of below investment grade fixed income securities, although senior loans are typically senior and secured in contrast to other below investment grade fixed income securities, which are often subordinated and unsecured. See &#8220;&#8212;Below Investment Grade Securities Risk.&#8221;&#160;&#160;Senior loans&#8217; higher standing has historically resulted in generally higher recoveries in the event of a corporate reorganization. In addition, because their interest payments are typically adjusted for changes in short-term interest rates, investments in senior loans generally have less interest rate risk than other below investment grade fixed income securities, which may have fixed interest rates.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Investment Management Agreement between the Fund and the Investment Advisor was approved by the Fund&#8217;s Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors. Certain administrative services are also provided to the Fund by the Investment Advisor pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement between the Fund and the Investment Advisor. The Investment Advisor and its affiliates provide the Fund with administrative services, including, among others: (i) preparing disclosure documents, such as the prospectus and the statement of additional information (if applicable) in connection with public offerings and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) preparing communications with analysts to support secondary market trading of the Fund; (iii) assisting with daily accounting and pricing; (iv) preparing periodic filings with regulators and stock exchanges; (v) overseeing and coordinating the activities of other service providers; (vi) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (vii) providing legal and compliance support; (viii) furnishing analytical and other support to assist the Board in its consideration of strategic issues such as a merger or consolidation; and (ix) performing other administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Fund, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements and call center services.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">WHEREAS</font>, the Customer desires to appoint Trust Company as its sole transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent for the Shares, and administrator of dividend reinvestment plans, and Computershare Inc. as processor of all payments received or made by Customer under this Agreement;</font></div>

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