1. Short title This Act may be cited as the America: Foreign Influence Resistance Starts with Transparency Act or the America FIRST Act . 2. Disclosure of foreign gifts (a) Disclosure for institutions Any institution of higher education that receives a gift from, contracts with, or has financial assets in a foreign source shall disclose the total value of such gifts, contracts, and financial assets received from such foreign source in the byline of each publication relating to such foreign source made by a professor employed by such institution of higher education. (b) Disclosure for departments Any nonprofit department within an institution of higher education that receives a gift from, contracts with, or has financial assets in a foreign source shall disclose the total value of such gifts, contracts, and financial assets received from such foreign source in the byline of each publication relating to such foreign source made by a professor employed by such department. (c) Disclosure for affiliates Any affiliate of an institution of higher education shall disclose the total value of gifts, contracts, or other financial assets from a foreign source in the byline of each publication relating to such foreign source made by such affiliate. (d) Foreign sources with similar locations For purposes of the byline disclosures required under this section, funding from different foreign sources that are located within the same nation shall be totaled and reported as funding from such foreign source. 3. Enforcement (a) In general The Secretary of Education shall take such steps as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of section 2. (b) Penalties Upon determination that an institution of higher education or a nonprofit department or affiliate of such an institution has failed to meet the requirements of section 2, the Secretary shall determine the appropriate enforcement action to take with respect to such institution, which may include any of the following: (1) Imposing a probationary period on, or limiting eligibility