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§ 1101(2X0 are of “dubious relevance” to the Tucker Act and are expressly qualified as applying only “in [the] appropriate context.” </p> <p id="b1375-7"> We agree with the government that the Court of Federal Claims properly dismissed Core Concepts’ complaint for lack of jurisdiction under the non-appropriated funds doctrine. To begin with, FPI does not operate with appropriated funds. It is a self-sufficient corporation whose funds are derived primarily from its product sales, and it receives no congressional appropriations. <em> Aaron, </em> 51 Fed.Cl. at 692; <em> see also El-Sheikh v. United States, </em> <a class="citation — Not Yet Available
31 U.S.C. § 1101(2X0 are of “dubious relevance” to the Tucker Act and are expressly qualified as applying only “in [the] appropriate context.”
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We agree with the government that the Court of Federal Claims properly dismissed Core Concepts’ complaint for lack of jurisdiction under the non-appropriated funds doctrine. To begin with, FPI does not operate with appropriated funds. It is a self-sufficient corporation whose funds are derived primarily from its product sales, and it receives no congressional appropriations.
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Aaron,
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51 Fed.Cl. at 692;
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see also El-Sheikh v. United States,
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