; or (II) an agency of a State or unit of local government; or (ii) that operates a State or local database or registry that contains personally identifying information. (B) Application An eligible entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require. (2) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to provide grants to entities described in paragraph (1) to create or expand programs designed to protect judges' personally identifiable information, including through— (A) the creation of programs to redact or remove judges’ personally identifiable information, upon the request of an at-risk individual, from public records in State agencies; these efforts may include but are not limited to hiring a third party to redact or remove judges’ personally identifiable information from public records; (B) the expansion of existing programs that the State may have enacted in an effort to protect judges’ personally identifiable information; (C) the development or improvement of protocols, procedures, and policies to prevent the release of judges’ personally identifiable information; (D) the defrayment of costs of modifying or improving existing databases and registries to ensure that judges’ personally identifiable information is protected from release