Sec. 239. USE OF FUNDS FOR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, AND OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT

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## SEC. 239 USE OF FUNDS FOR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, AND OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2020 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the funding table in section 4201 for the Strategic Environmental Research Program, Operational Energy Capability Improvement, and the Environmental Security Technical Certification Program, the Secretary of Defense shall, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, expend amounts as follows: ####

(1)Not less than $10,000,000 on the development and demonstration of long duration on-site energy battery storage for distributed energy assets. ####

(2)Not less than $10,000,000 on the development, demonstration, and validation of non-fluorine based firefighting foams. ####

(3)Not less than $10,000,000 on the development, demonstration, and validation of secure microgrids for both installations and forward operating bases. ####

(4)Not less than $1,000,000 on the development, demonstration, and validation of technologies that can harvest potable water from air.