Following four major cybersecurity attacks on the federal government in recent months, the acting head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday enthusiastically backed a bipartisan bill to establish a "response and recovery" fund for cybersecurity incidents. The bill, introduced in April by Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) would allow the homeland security secretary and national cyber director to declare a "significant cyber incident." After doing so, DHS and CISA would have immediate access to funds to begin helping federal and private sector entities respond to incidents. The two senators, who lead the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, proposed establishing the fund with $20 million to be used over seven years.