Providing material support for terrorism

In United States law, providing material support for terrorism is a crime prohibited by the USA PATRIOT Act and codified in title 18 of the United States Code. Penalties include fines and up to 15 years in prison, per section 2339A, and up to 20 years if the convict knows that the organization supported was designated as a “terrorist organization” by the US State Department, per 2339B. Moreover, the sentence can be increased to “any term of years” or life “if the death of any person results,” where ‘the term “person” means any individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property’. The four types of support described are “training,” “expert advice or assistance,” “service,” and “personnel.”