at the end the following: (q) Special hiring authority The heads of the departments and agencies represented on the Committee may appoint, without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of title 5, United States Code, candidates directly to positions in the competitive service (as defined in section 2102 of that title) in their respective departments and agencies to administer this section. . (e) Testimony required Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4565 ), as amended by subsection (d), is further amended by adding at the end the following: (r) Testimony (1) In general After submitting the unified budget request described under subsection (p), or the spending plan described under section 502 of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018, as the case may be, but not later than March 31 of each year, the chairperson, or the chairperson’s designee, shall appear before the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and present testimony on— (A) anticipated resources necessary for operations of the Committee in the following fiscal year at each of the Committee’s member agencies