origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim. (14) The problem of crimes motivated by bias is sufficiently serious, widespread, and interstate in nature as to warrant Federal financial assistance to States and local jurisdictions. 3. Hate crime prevention and response Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end the following: 124. Hate crime prevention and response (a) Restriction on eligibility Not­with­stand­ing any other provision of law, no institution of higher education shall be eligible to receive funds or any other form of financial assistance under any program under title IV, unless the institution certifies to the Secretary that the institution has adopted and has implemented a program to prevent and adequately respond to hate crimes within the jurisdiction of the institution or by students and employees that, at a minimum, includes— (1) the annual distribution to each student and employee of— (A) standards of conduct and the applicable sanctions that clearly prohibit, at a minimum, the acts or threats of violence, property damage, harassment, intimidation, or other crimes that specifically target an individual based on their race, religion, ethnicity, handicap, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identification by students and employees on the institution’s property or as a part of any of the institution’s activities