Genent Industries, Inc. (GII), developed standard costs for direct material and direct labor. In 2017, GII estimated the following standard costs for one of their major products, the 30−gallon heavy−duty plastic container. Budgeted quantity Budgeted price Direct materials 0.3 pounds $20 per pound Direct labor 0.7 hours $20 per hour During July, GII produced and sold 4,000 containers using 1,500 pounds of direct materials at an average cost per pound of $17 and 2,875 direct manufacturing labor hours at an average wage of $20.50 per hour. July's direct material flexible−budget variance is .

Abank has $132,000 in excess reserves and the required reserve ratio is 11 percent. this means the bank could have in checkable deposit liabilities and in (total) reserves.

The starr theater, owned by meg vargo, will begin operations in march. the starr will be unique in that it will show only triple features of sequential theme movies. as of march 1, the ledger of starr showed: cash $3,150, land $22,000, buildings (concession stand, projection room, ticket booth, and screen) $10,000, equipment $10,000, accounts payable $7,300, and owner’s capital $37,850. during the month of march, the following events and transactions occurred.mar. 2 rented the three indiana jones movies to be shown for the first 3 weeks of march. the film rental was $3,600; $1,600 was paid in cash and $2,000 will be paid on march 10.3 ordered the lord of the rings movies to be shown the last 10 days of march. it will cost $200 per night.9 received $4,500 cash from admissions.10 paid balance due on indiana jones movies rental and $2,200 on march 1 accounts payable.11 starr theater contracted with adam ladd to operate the concession stand. ladd is to pay 15% of gross concession receipts, payable monthly, for the rental of the concession stand.12 paid advertising expenses $900.20 received $5,100 cash from customers for admissions.20 received the lord of the rings movies and paid the rental fee of $2,000.31 paid salaries of $2,900.31 received statement from adam ladd showing gross receipts from concessions of $6,000 and the balance due to starr theater of $900 ($6,000 × 15%) for march. ladd paid one-half the balance due and will remit the remainder on april 5.31 received $9,200 cash from customers for admissions.1.) enter the beginning balances in the ledger.2.) journalize the march transactions. starr records admission revenue as service revenue, rental of the concession stand as rent revenue, and film rental expense as rent expense. (credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. do not indent manually. record journal entries in the order presented in the problem. if no entry is required, select "no entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)3.) post the march journal entries to the ledger. (post entries in the order of journal entries presented in the previous question.)

What legislation increased the ability for federal authorities to tap telephones and wireless devices, tightened the enforcement of money laundering activities, as well as broadened powers toward acts of terrorism and acts such as drug trafficking?