DONNA KELLEY, CNN ANCHOR: Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush said over the weekend that granting Elian Gonzalez U.S. citizenship would be, in his words, "a wonderful gesture." With more on the congressional legislation expected this week, here's CNN's Kate Snow. She's in Washington -- Kate.</s>KATE SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Donna, there are several different bills proposed -- expected to be proposed this week by several legislators. Senator Connie Mack with one of the lead bills making Elian Gonzalez a citizen would be the for that bill would take. There is another similar bill on the House side, proposed by three different Republicans from Florida, along with the House Republican Majority Whip Tom Delay. All of these bills are called private bills, meaning they refer only to Elian Gonzalez; it's a specific type of legislation that the Congress can take up. The idea would be that if they could grant Elian Gonzalez citizenship, this would take the matter away from the INS, take it out of immigration law and put it back into the family courts as a custody matter. Now, there are opponents to all of this legislation, but the sponsors of the bills say they feel they have bipartisan support on this matter, and they will need it, because in recent years private bills have been a relatively-rare thing, only a handful of them passing into law. Reporting from Capitol Hill, Kate Snow, CNN, live, Capitol Hill.
Congress to Take Up Legislation to Keep Elian Gonzalez in United States