from treatment as contribution or expenditure. Sec. 133. Media exemption. Title V—Prohibition on Issuance of Regulations on Political Contributions Sec. 141. Prohibition on issuance of regulations on Political Contributions. Title VI—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 151. Permanent extension of fines for qualified disclosure requirement violations. Sec. 152. Permitting political committees to make disbursements by methods other than check. Sec. 153. Designation of individual authorized to make campaign committee disbursements in event of death of candidate. Sec. 154. Prohibiting aiding or abetting making of contributions in name of another. Sec. 155. Unanimous consent of Commission members required for Commission to refuse to defend actions brought against Commission. Sec. 156. Federal Election Commission member pay. Sec. 157. Uniform statute of limitations for proceedings to enforce Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. Sec. 158. Repeal of obsolete provisions of law. Sec. 159. Deadline for promulgation of proposed regulations. I Protecting Political Speech 101. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The structure of the Constitution and its amendments represents the radical idea that any sovereign power exercised by the Federal Government flows either directly from the people or through the States they established to govern themselves. In the words of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, [t]he enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. . (2) Among the many freedoms it protects, the First Amendment prevents Congress from making any law abridging the freedom of speech, the right of the people peaceably to assemble, or the right of the people to petition the Government for the redress of grievances. (3) Any proposed Federal action concerning freedom of speech, protest, or