; and (3) provide judges and courts with the authority to grant or extend a protection order until further order of a judge or court, as an alternative to issuing protection orders that expire on a specific date or upon termination of a sentence or period of bail, parole, probation, or other supervised release. 4. Application A State seeking an increase under this Act in the amount provided to the State under the covered formula grants shall include in the application of the State for each covered formula grant such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require, including information about a law or policy described in section 2. 5. Grant increase The amount of the increase provided under this Act to a State under the covered formula grants shall be equal to not more than 10 percent of the average of the total amount of funding provided to the State under the covered formula grants under the 3 most recent awards to the State. 6. Period of increase (a) In general The Attorney General shall provide an increase under this Act in the amount provided to a State under the covered formula grants for a 2-year period. (b) Limit The Attorney General may not provide an increase under this Act in the amount provided to a State under the covered formula grants more than 4 times. 7. Allocation of increased formula grant funds The Attorney General shall allocate an increase under this Act in the amount provided to a State under the covered formula grants such that— (1) 25 percent the amount of the increase is provided for the program described in section 2(1); and (2) 75 percent the amount of the increase is provided for the program described in section 2(2). 8. Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.