The text of a bill to provide a statutory charter for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and to establish a personnel system for civilian faculty, and the text of hearings on that legislation, are presented. The statements of the following individuals are included: Nicholas Mavroules, chairman of the Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Armed Services; George Darden, representative from Georgia; Leon E. Panetta, representative from California; Ray Clifford, provost of the Defense Language Institute (California); Alfie Khalil, president of Local 1263 of the National Federation of Federal Employees; Christopher Jehn, Department of Defense; and William D. Clark, Department of the Army. (MSE)