SEC. 3. EARLY RELEASE OF IMPORT DATA.

    In order to facilitate the early identification of potentially 
disruptive import surges, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget may grant an exception to the publication dates established for 
the release of data on United States international trade in goods and 
services in order to permit public access to preliminary international 
trade import data, if the Director notifies the Congress of the early 
release of the data. 

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF IMPORT MONITORING CENTER.

    Section 301 of the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act 
of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Steel Import Monitoring and Enforcement Support Center.--
There are authorized to be appropriated for a Steel Import Monitoring 
and Enforcement Support Center in the United States Customs Service, in 
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, $250,000 for 
fiscal year 1999, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.''.



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