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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall sub-
mit an application to the Attorney General that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) a description of the process that the 
eligible entity uses for service of protection or-
ders at the time of submission of the applica-
tion; 
‘‘(B) to the extent practicable, statistics re-
lating to protection orders during the 3 cal-
endar years preceding the date of submission of 
the application, including rates of— 
‘‘(i) successful service; and 
‘‘(ii) enforcement; 
‘‘(C) an initial list of the entities serving as 
the partners required under subsection (a); and 
‘‘(D) any other information the Attorney 
General may reasonably require. 
‘‘(2) NO OTHER APPLICATION REQUIRED.—An 
eligible entity shall not be required to submit an ap-
plication under section 2102 to receive a grant 
under this section. 
‘‘(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 40002(b)(11) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(11)), as applied under section 
2106 of this part, not less than 5 percent and not more 
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than 8 percent of the total amounts appropriated to carry 
out this section shall be available to the Attorney General 
for technical assistance relating to the purposes of this 
section. 
‘‘(g) REPORT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 
after receiving a grant under this section, an eligible 
entity shall submit to the Attorney General a report 
that details the plan of the entity for implementation 
of the program under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after implementing the program under sub-
section (c), and not later than 2 years there-
after, an eligible entity shall submit to the At-
torney General a report that describes the pro-
gram implemented under subsection (c), includ-
ing with respect to— 
‘‘(i) viability; 
‘‘(ii) cost; 
‘‘(iii) service statistics; 
‘‘(iv) challenges; 
‘‘(v) analysis of the technology used to 
fulfill the goals of the program; 
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‘‘(vi) analysis of any legal or due proc-
ess issues resulting from the electronic 
service method described in subsection 
(c)(1)(A); and 
‘‘(vii) best practices for implementing 
such a program in other similarly situated 
locations. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF FINAL REPORT.—An 
eligible entity shall include in the second report 
submitted 
under 
subparagraph 
(A) 
rec-
ommendations for— 
‘‘(i) future nationwide implementation 
of the program implemented by the eligible 
entity; and 
‘‘(ii) usage of electronic service, simi-
lar to the service used by the eligible enti-
ty, for other commonly used court orders, 
including with respect to viability and cost. 
‘‘(h) NO
REGULATIONS
OR
GUIDELINES
RE-
QUIRED.—Notwithstanding section 2105, the Attorney 
General shall not be required to publish regulations or 
guidelines implementing this section. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise made available to carry out this 
part, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
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this section $10,000,000 for fiscal years 2019 through 
2024.’’. 
SEC. 1613. ONLINE SURVEY TOOL FOR CAMPUS SAFETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall, 
in consultation with the Attorney General, Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control, and the Secretary of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services and experts in 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual 
harassment, and stalking, develop, design, and make avail-
able through a secure and accessible online portal, a 
standardized online survey tool regarding student experi-
ences with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, sexual harassment, and stalking. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT
OF SURVEY TOOL.—In devel-
oping the survey tool required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Education shall— 
(1) use best practices from peer-reviewed re-
search measuring domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking; 
(2) consult with the higher education commu-
nity, experts in survey research related to domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual har-
assment, and stalking, and organizations engaged in 
the prevention of and response to, and advocacy on 
behalf of victims of, domestic violence, dating vio-
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