In terms of section 4(4) of the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, No. 9 0f 2009, the mandate of the Standing Committee on Appropriations (the Committee) is to "consider and report on the following: . spending issues; . amendments to the Division of Revenue Bill, the Appropriation Bill, Supplementary Appropriation Bills and Adjustment Appropriation Bill; . recommendations of the Financial and Fiscal Commission, including those referred to in the Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations Act, 1997 (Act No. 97 of 1997); . reports on actual expenditure published by the National Treasury; and . any other related matter set out in the [above-mentioned] Act".