(1)
In general
The Secretary shall use amounts made available under subsection (g) to provide grants to each of the following:
(A)
North-central center
A north-central sun grant center at South Dakota State University for the region composed of the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
(B)
Southeastern center
A southeastern sun grant center at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville for the region composed of—
(i)
the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia;
(ii)
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
(iii)
the United States Virgin Islands.
(C)
South-central center
A south-central sun grant center at Oklahoma State University for the region composed of the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
(D)
Western center
A western sun grant center at Oregon State University for the region composed of—
(i)
the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington; and
(ii)
insular areas (as defined in section
3103 of this title (other than the insular areas referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (B))).
(E)
Northeastern center
A northeastern sun grant center at Cornell University for the region composed of the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia.
(F)
Western insular Pacific subcenter
A western insular Pacific sun grant subcenter at the University of Hawaii for the region of Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
(3)
Failure to comply with requirements
If the Secretary finds on the basis of a review of the annual report required under subsection (f) or on the basis of an audit of a sun grant center or subcenter conducted by the Secretary that the center or subcenter has not complied with the requirements of this section, the sun grant center or subcenter shall be ineligible to receive further grants under this section for such period of time as may be prescribed by the Secretary.