remainder of this title and amendments made by this title, and the application of the provisions and amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected by the holding. II Election Integrity A Findings Reaffirming the Commitment of Congress To Restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965 2001. Findings reaffirming the commitment of Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Congress finds the following: (1) The right to vote for all Americans is sacrosanct and rules for voting and election administration should protect the right to vote and promote voter participation. (2) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) has empowered the Department of Justice and Federal courts for nearly a half a century to block discriminatory voting practices before their implementation in States and localities with the most troubling histories and ongoing records of racial discrimination. (3) There continues to be an alarming movement to erect barriers to make it more difficult for Americans to participate in our Nation’s democratic process. The Nation has witnessed unprecedented efforts to turn back the clock and erect barriers to voting for communities of color, which have faced historic and continuing discrimination, as well as disabled, young, elderly, and low-income Americans. (4) The Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), gutted decades-long Federal protections for communities of color that face historic and continuing discrimination, emboldening States and local jurisdictions to pass voter suppression laws and implement procedures that restrict voting, such as those requiring photo identification, limiting early voting hours, eliminating same-day registration, purging voters from the rolls, and reducing the number of polling places. Congress is committed to reversing the devastating impact of this decision. (5) Racial discrimination in voting is a clear and persistent problem. The actions of States and localities around the country after the decision in