This publication reports on the joint hearing to consider H.R. 3559 which would amend the charter of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution (Public Law 98-101) by authorizing the Commission to license use of their official emblem, lifting the cap on the number of publicly paid staff, exempting privately paid staff from civil service regulations, raising the ceiling on individual and corporate donations, and extending the life of the Commission from 1989 to 1991. Statements are given by: Congresswoman Lindy Boggs of Louisiana; Congressman Philip M. Crane of Illinois; Mark W. Cannon, staff director of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution; Sheilah Mann, director of Project 1987; and Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. Also included are commission member lists, project policy statements, an educational program proposal, a prospectus on Project '87, and an explanation of H.R. 3559. (TRS)