; (2) the use of official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election for Federal office; (3) the solicitation, acceptance, or receipt of a contribution from any person on behalf of a candidate for Federal office; and (4) any other act which would be prohibited under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 7323(b) of title 5, United States Code, if taken by an individual to whom such paragraph applies (other than any prohibition on running for public office). (d) Exception in case of recusal from administration of elections involving official or immediate family member (1) In general This section does not apply to a chief State election administration official with respect to an election for Federal office in which the official or an immediate family member of the official is a candidate, but only if— (A) such official recuses himself or herself from all of the official’s responsibilities for the administration of such election; and (B) the official who assumes responsibility for supervising the administration of the election does not report directly to such official. (2) Immediate family member defined In paragraph (1), the term immediate family member means, with respect to a candidate, a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. . (b) Effective Date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections for Federal office held after December 2019. N Promoting Voter Access Through Election Administration Improvements 1 Promoting Voter Access 1901. Treatment of institutions of higher education (a) Treatment of certain institutions as voter registration agencies under National Voter Registration Act of 1993 Section 7(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20506(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (A); (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ; and