Testimony on the bill to amend the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act (1984) is presented. Statements are recorded from: (1) Representative Mary Rose Oakar (Ohio); (2) Keith Geiger, vice president, National Education Association; (3) William L. Smith, Director, Administrative Resource Management Services, U.S. Department of Education; (4) Dr. Beth Stephens, Director, Department of Defense Schools, U.S. Department of Defense; (5) Greg Humphrey, director of legislation, American Federation of Teachers; (6) Bruce Thale, president, Panama Federation of Teachers, American Federation of Teachers; (7) Robert W. McGurrin, president, Overseas Federation of Teachers, American Federation of Teachers; (8) Carolyn Becraft, director, National Information Center on Women and the Miitary, Women's Equity Action League; and (9) Jack Rollins, president, Overseas Education Association, National Education Association. A communication is included from Carolyn Becraft, director, Women and the Military Project, Women's Equity Action League. (JD)