; . (B) Defense contracts Section 3012(3)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (B) contracts and orders under such program result in the award of best value products and services for the Federal Government; . (3) Guidance The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall provide guidance to Federal agencies on appropriate use of the best value competition standard for the multiple award schedule program as part of the implementing regulations promulgated in connection with the amendments made by paragraph (2). (e) Advances for commercial technology subscriptions and tenancy (1) Finding Congress finds that the authority to make advance payments should be updated for purposes of enabling the most cost-effective acquisition of cloud computing, data center solutions and services, and other information and communications technology acquired on a subscription, reservation, or tenancy basis. (2) Authority to pay advances Section 3324(d) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by inserting or commercially available content after publication ; and (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and