1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Creating Accountability Measures Protecting University Students Historically Abused, Threatened, and Exposed to Crimes Act or the CAMPUS HATE Crimes Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The incidence of violence motivated by the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim, known as hate crimes or crimes motivated by bias, poses a serious national problem. (2) Such violence motivated by hatred and bigotry endangers our citizens and disrupts the communities they live in, by tearing at the fabric of our Nation and our constitutional aspiration to create a stronger, more perfect union. (3) According to data obtained by the Southern Poverty Law Center, schools were a particularly common location for hate crimes to occur—including 150 incidents on college campuses in 33 States since November. (4) This level of violence demonstrates an unprecedented escalation in race and hate-based crime being committed on college campuses compared to recent years. (5) Hate groups have openly declared their efforts to establish a physical presence on college campuses and have specifically targeted young individuals and students for their messaging. Such efforts include placing fliers around campus, online organizing, and bringing national leaders to speak. (6) College campuses have become the ideal location for hate group activity because they traditionally embrace diversity, tolerance, and social justice and strive for equality and have created safe spaces for students of every gender and identity. (7) These are soft targets for such groups, because students are more curious and receptive to new, even radical, ideas than older individuals. (8) The Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act have enabled Federal authorities to understand, report, and where appropriate, investigate and prosecute hate crimes committed