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 118 STAT. 42 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 ‘‘(A) 1862 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601)); ‘‘(B) 1890 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of that Act) and West Virginia State College; and ‘‘(C) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of that Act). ‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Agriculture. ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—To carry out the purposes described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish programs under which— ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall provide grants to sun grant centers specified in subsection (d); and ‘‘(2) the sun grant centers shall use the grants in accordance with this section. ‘‘(d) GRANTS TO CENTERS.—The Secretary shall use amounts made available for a fiscal year under subsection (j) to provide a grants in equal amounts to each of the following sun grant centers: ‘‘(1) NORTH CENTRAL CENTER.—A north central sun grant center at South Dakota State University for the region com posed of the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Mon tana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. ‘‘(2) SOUTHEASTERN CENTER.—A southeastern sun grant center at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville for the region composed of— ‘‘(A) the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia; ‘‘(B) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and ‘‘(C) the United States Virgin Islands. ‘‘(3) 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, Mis souri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. ‘‘(4) WESTERN CENTER.—A western sun grant center at Oregon State University for the region composed of— ‘‘(A) the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington; and ‘‘(B) territories and possessions of the United States (other than the territories referred to in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2)). ‘‘(5) 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. ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— ‘‘(1) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.—Of the amount of funds that are made available for a fiscal year to a sun grant center under subsection (d), the center shall use not more than 25 percent of the amount for administration to support excellence in science, engineering, and economics at the center to promote the purposes described in subsection (a) through the State Cornell University. Oregon State University. Oklahoma State University. University of Tennessee. South Dakota State University. Grants.

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