; or (B) agencies of States or units of local government; and (2) operate a State or local database or registry that contains personally identifiable information. (b) Application Each entity described in subsection (a) that desires a payment 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. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to provide grants to entities described in subsection (a) to create or expand programs designed to protect the personally identifiable information of election workers, including through— (1) the creation of programs to redact or remove the personally identifiable information of election workers, upon request, from public records maintained by State agencies, including by hiring third parties to redact or remove the personally identifiable information of election workers from public records; (2) the expansion of existing programs to protect personally identifiable information of election workers; (3) the development or improvement of protocols, procedures, and policies to prevent the release of personally identifiable information of election workers; (4) the defrayment of costs of modifying or improving existing databases and registries to ensure that personally identifiable information of election workers is protected from release