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                                                     Sub-Item 77Q3

I, Stephen E. Canter, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-SAR
of Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does
not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial
information included in this report,
and the financial statements on which
the financial information is based,
fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of
operations, changes in net assets, and
cash flows (if the financial statements
are required to include a statement of
cash flows) of the registrant as of, and
for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer
and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in rule 30a-2(c)
under the Investment Company Act) for the
registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and
procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared;
b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures as of a
date within 90 days prior to the filing
date of this report (the "Evaluation Date");
and
c) presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on our
evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5. The registrant's other certifying officer
and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation, to the registrant's
auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant's board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies in the design
or operation of internal controls which
could adversely affect the registrant's
ability to record, process, summarize, and
report financial data and have identified
for the registrant's auditors any material
weaknesses in internal controls; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the
registrant's internal controls; and



6. The registrant's other certifying officer
and I have indicated in this report whether
or not there were significant changes in
internal controls or in other factors that
could significantly affect internal
controls subsequent to the date of our
most recent evaluation, including any
corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses.












Date: 1/24/03

/s/ Stephen E. Canter
Stephen E. Canter
President


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