This bill creates enhanced criminal penalties for individuals convicted of violent insurrection who have prior insurrection convictions. It defines violent insurrection as unlawfully entering or causing violence at the Capitol, White House, or Supreme Court in response to election results, obstructing election certification proceedings, or damaging federal property during such acts. The bill affects anyone convicted under these provisions with a prior insurrection conviction. Sentencing enhancements range from an additional 4 years imprisonment for general cases, up to 5 years for serious felonies, 10 years for crimes involving violence against government officials or obstruction of proceedings, and potential life sentences with a 15-year minimum for the most serious offenses like treason or seditious conspiracy involving a pattern of anti-democratic conduct. The bill specifies that even presidential pardons cannot erase prior convictions for purposes of applying recidivist enhancements in future cases, and it preserves defendants' rights to appeal both their convictions and sentences.
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