Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Kevin Rich, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of DB Commodity Services LLC,
the Managing Owner of PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish Fund, a series of PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Trust, certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish Fund, a series of PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Trust;
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| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report;
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| | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
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| | 4. | I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
registrant and have:
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(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

(b) [Reserved];

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this annual
report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this annual report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this annual report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal
control over financial reporting; and



| | 5. | I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of
the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions);
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(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.



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|Date: March 25, 2008 |  |  |  | /s/ Kevin Rich                                         
|                     |  |  |  | Kevin Rich                                             
|                     |  |  |  | Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer