To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require assimilation likelihood screenings.

1) What happened and status: On 2026-05-26, Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced HR9030, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require assimilation likelihood screenings. The bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. It has had no further action. It is in the earliest legislative stage with only one sponsor and no companion bill in the Senate. 2) Money trail: The bill contains no authorization or appropriation of funds. It imposes no taxes, grants, or direct federal spending. There is no procurement mechanism, no contract vehicle, and no regulatory mandate that would flow federal dollars to any private sector entity. 3) Winners and losers: Because the bill is purely an immigration screening criterion change with no procurement or enforcement spending attached, no publicly traded company faces a material revenue or cost impact. Immigration software, identity verification, and background check firms (e.g., $IDEX, $BIOA, $THO) are not meaningfully affected because the bill provides no funding for implementation, and existing immigration biometric contracts (e.g., with DHS) are governed by separate appropriations. 4) Market data: No market data was provided. The bill has produced zero observable movement in any equity sector. 5) Timeline: The bill must pass the House Judiciary Committee, then the full House, then an identical bill must pass the Senate, and be signed by the President. Given the divided 119th Congress, a single-sponsor immigration bill with no cosponsors faces extremely long odds of passage. No further actions are scheduled.