; and (B) provide members of the disaster team with travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of services for, or relating to, the disaster team. . 120. Establishment of technical assistance liaisons Title V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3191 et seq. ) (as amended by section 119) is amended by adding at the end the following: 510. Technical assistance liaisons (a) In general A Regional Director of a regional office of the Economic Development Administration may designate a staff member to act as a Technical Assistance Liaison for any State served by the regional office. (b) Role A Technical Assistance Liaison shall— (1) work in coordination with an Economic Development Representative to provide technical assistance, in addition to technical assistance under section 207, to eligible recipients that are underresourced communities, as determined by the Technical Assistance Liaison, that submit applications for assistance under title II; and (2) at the request of an eligible recipient that submitted an application for assistance under title II, provide technical feedback on unsuccessful grant applications. (c) Technical assistance The Secretary may enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with an eligible recipient for the purpose of providing technical assistance to eligible recipients that are underresourced communities that have submitted or may submit an application for assistance under this Act. . 121. Annual report to Congress Section 603(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3213(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting areas after rural ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and