amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. (B) Suspension, termination, and failure to renew or extend After the Administrator has entered into a cooperative agreement with an eligible entity under this section, the Administrator shall not suspend, terminate, or fail to renew or extend the cooperative agreement unless the Administrator provides the eligible entity with written notification setting forth the reasons therefore and affords the eligible entity an opportunity for a hearing, appeal, or other administrative proceeding under chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code. (e) Criteria (1) In general The Administrator shall— (A) establish and rank in terms of relative importance the criteria the Administrator shall use in awarding cooperative agreements under this section, which shall include— (i) whether the proposed project will be located in— (I) a federally recognized area of economic distress