; or (B) the Court of Federal Claims under section 1491 of title 28, United States Code. (b) Applicability of certain government hiring rules (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in implementing this title, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General may appoint employees on a term, temporary limited, or part-time basis without regard to— (A) the number of such employees; (B) the ratio between the number of such employees and the number of permanent full-time employees; and (C) the duration of such employees’ employment. (2) Rule of construction Nothing in chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, shall affect the authority of the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice to hire employees under this title on a temporary limited or part-time basis. (c) Reports The head of an executive agency entering into a contract or hiring employees pursuant to authority provided under subsection (a) or (b) shall— (1) immediately submit to the appropriate congressional committees written notification of the use of such authority