; 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 January 1, 2025. 6. Payments to States to prevent unreasonable wait times and promote well-run elections (a) In general Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: VII Payments for preventing unreasonable voter wait times 297. Payments to States (a) In general The Commission shall make a payment to each eligible State. Such payments shall be made not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this part. (b) Eligible State For purposes of this section, a State is an eligible State if such State has filed with the Commission a State plan covering the fiscal year in which the State describes how it intends to use the funds provided under this section. (c) Use of funds An eligible State shall use the payment received under this part to meet the requirements of sections 304 and 321. (d) Amount of payment (1) In general The amount of payment made to a State under this section shall be the minimum payment amount described in paragraph (2) plus the voting age population proportion amount described in paragraph (3). (2) Minimum payment amount The minimum payment amount described in this paragraph is— (A) in the case of any of the several States or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the aggregate amount made available for payments under this section