WASHINGTON, D.C.?EUR??,,????'??+Restoring funding for the Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program (UPARR) and initiating congressional funding for the Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS) in the FY04 interior appropriations bill continues. On the House side, money was not included for either UPARR or HALS, and is not currently included in the Senate bill, either. The American Society of Landscape Architects is working to get senators to sponsor amendments to fund both programs. It appears that attention to these funding issues are not a high priority on Capitol Hill. Passage of the reauthorization bill for TEA-21, which expired September 30, 2003, is not likely this year. Congress will need to act quickly to either reauthorize the bill or pass an extension of the program. Both the House and the Senate are working on extension language now. It is expected to be a six-month extension with a possible year extension after that. ASLA and coalition partners have scored a victory in the fight to maintain enhancement funding in the FY04 transportation appropriations bill, sponsored by Rep. Thomas Petri (R-WI) and Rep. John Olver (D-MA). ASLA sent out a legislative alert to chapters, the board of trustees, and the government affairs committee asking everyone to contact their representatives. ASLA, along with 42 other organizations, signed a letter sent to every member of the House of Representatives expressing support for restoring the mandatory 10-percent set-aside for transportation enhancement funding. The amendment passed 327-90, thanks in large part to the grass-roots advocacy efforts.