Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is a United States statute directed toward domestic and international violence. It mandates designation of organizations which are engaged in terrorism as defined in the act, in short, kidnapping, killing, and bombing, as terrorist organizations.

So far, the United States of America, despite meeting the formal requirements, has not been declared a terrorist organization.