Sec. 5212. Repeal of expenditure limitations and use of qualified campaign contributions. Sec. 5213. Matching payments and other modifications to payment amounts. Sec. 5214. Increase in limit on coordinated party expenditures. Sec. 5215. Establishment of uniform date for release of payments. Sec. 5216. Amounts in Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Sec. 5217. Use of general election payments for general election legal and accounting compliance. Part 3—Effective Date Sec. 5221. Effective date. Subtitle D—Personal Use Services as Authorized Campaign Expenditures Sec. 5301. Short title. Sec. 5302. Treatment of payments for child care and other personal use services as authorized campaign expenditure. Subtitle E—Severability Sec. 5401. Severability. A Findings Relating to Citizens United Decision 5001. Findings relating to Citizens United decision Congress finds the following: (1) The American Republic was founded on the principle that all people are created equal, with rights and responsibilities as citizens to vote, be represented, speak, debate, and participate in self-government on equal terms regardless of wealth. To secure these rights and responsibilities, our Constitution not only protects the equal rights of all Americans but also provides checks and balances to prevent corruption and prevent concentrated power and wealth from undermining effective self-government. (2) The Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010) and McCutcheon v. FEC, 572 U.S. 185 (2014), as well as other court decisions, erroneously invalidated even-handed rules about the spending of money in local, State, and Federal elections. These flawed decisions have empowered large corporations, extremely wealthy individuals, and special interests to dominate election spending, corrupt our politics, and degrade our democracy through tidal waves of unlimited and anonymous spending. These decisions also stand in contrast to a long history of efforts by Congress and the States to regulate money