Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 , Pub . L. No. 104-132 , 110 Stat . 1214 ( also known as AEDPA ) , is an act of the United States Congress signed into law on April 24 , 1996 . The bill was introduced by then-Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and passed with broad bipartisan support by Congress ( 91-8 in the US Senate , 293-133 in the U.S. House of Representatives ) following the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing . It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996