; and (2) the term election for Federal office means a general, special, primary, or runoff election for the office of President or Vice President, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. . (2) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 34 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 3407. Same-day processing of ballots. . (3) Effective date The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to absentee ballots relating to an election for Federal office occurring on or after January 1, 2024. (c) Development of alternative verification methods (1) Development of standards The Director of the National Institute of Standards, in consultation with the Election Assistance Commission, shall develop standards for the use of alternative methods which could be used in place of signature verification requirements for purposes of verifying the identification of an individual voting by mail-in or absentee ballot in elections for Federal office. (2) Public notice and comment The Director of the National Institute of Standards shall solicit comments from the public in the development of standards under paragraph (1). (3) Deadline Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of Standards shall publish the standards developed under paragraph (1). 1302. Balloting materials tracking program (a) In general (1) Requirements Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq. ), as amended by section 1031(a), section 1044(a), section 1101(a), section 1102(a), section 1103(a), section 1104(a), section 1201(a), and section 1301(a), is amended— (A) by redesignating sections 312 and 313 as sections 313 and 314, respectively