; and (B) act as a liaison between the region and all Federal agencies providing assistance in response to such actual or threatened abrupt rise of unemployment or economic hardship, including, as the case may be, the following: (i) The Department of Agriculture. (ii) The Department of Commerce. (iii) The Department of Defense. (iv) The Department of Education. (v) The Department of Energy. (vi) The Department of Health and Human Services. (vii) The Department of Housing and Urban Development. (viii) The Department of Labor. (ix) The Department of Transportation. (x) The Department of the Treasury. (xi) The National Economic Council. (xii) The Small Business Administration. (xiii) The Department of Veterans Affairs.