Really? Well if that is the case why would it even be put in the bill, if its a total waste of time
Probably to placate Democrat border mayors. The Democrats caved. Pelosi said "not one dollar" for wall funding and now they're conceding over a billion dollars. Winning!
Really, toothless provisions like this are used all the time in in lawmaking. A statute states that such-and-such agency "shall provide documents on request" without specifying penalties for failure to do so is an example. Bureaucrats decide to refuse and laugh when you insist that "it's the law".