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Text: Federal jurisdiction over cases commenced by federal agencies is conferred by 28 U.S. C. § 1345. That section provides:

*85 "Except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress, the district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions, suits or proceedings commenced by the United States, or by any agency or officer thereof expressly authorized to sue by Act of Congress."
Three limits on this grant of jurisdiction are plain from its text. It applies only to civil litigation "commenced" by the federal party; it requires that the agency be "expressly authorized to sue"; and it is subject to such exceptions as may be "otherwise provided by Act of Congress." In view of the fact that this case was commenced by the FSLIC, and the fact that the FSLIC is expressly authorized to sue and be sued,[3] § 1345 supports federal jurisdiction unless another statute otherwise provides. The question, then, is whether 12 U.S. C. § 1730(k)(1) is such a statute.