Authorities Cited: United States Code 16 U.S.C. § 1 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1) 28 U.S.C. § 2671 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a) Supreme Court 352 U.S. 315, 320 467 U.S. 797, 813-820 486 U.S. 531, 536-537 499 U.S. 315, 322-327 Circuit Courts 540 F.2d 676, 681 779 F.2d 522, 525 831 F.2d 193, 195 880 F.2d 1018, 1027 905 F.2d 1212 973 F.2d 696, 702 986 F.2d 716, 723-724 21 F.3d 965, 970 40 F.3d 973, 974-976 45 F.3d 445, 449-451 56 F.3d 1122, 1123-1127 56 F.3d 1177, 1180 93 F.3d 1445, 1453 100 F.3d 1426, 1431-1432 115 F.3d 176 115 F.3d 1415, 1421-1422 119 F.3d 438, 443-444 163 F.3d 591, 595-596 176 F.3d 1208, 1210 225 F.3d 361, 364 228 F.3d 944, 951 241 F.3d 1208, 1215 276 F.3d 557, 565 286 F.3d 1168, 1173-1177 295 F.3d 1029, 1035-1037 312 F.3d 1172, 1183-1184 400 F.3d 1177, 1181-1184 453 F.3d 1140, 1145 500 F.3d 914 509 F.3d 1028, 1034