[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1994] [Thursday, March 3, 1994 (17), Para 17.4 Message from the Senate] [Pages 209-210] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] Para. 17.4 message from the senate A message from the Senate by Mr. Hallen, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate disagreed to the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1804) ``An Act to improve learning and teaching by providing a national framework for education reform; to promote the research, consensus building, and systemic changes needed to ensure equitable educational opportunities and high levels of educational achievement for all American students; to provide a framework for reauthorization of all Federal education programs; to promote the development and adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards and certifications; and for other purposes,'' agreed to a conference asked by the [[Page 210]] House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appointed Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Pell, Mr. Metzenbaum, Mr. Simon, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Wofford, Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Coats, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Hatch and Mr. Durenberger, to be the conferees on the part of the Senate. The message also announced that the Senate had passed a bill of the following title, in which the concurrence of the House is requested: S. 1560. An Act to establish the Social Security Administration as an independent agency, and for other purposes.