I think that the idea is not to force the NSA to completely shut down, but rather to force them to reassess their programs in order of importance given resource

I think that the idea is not to force the NSA to completely shut down, but rather to force them to reassess their programs in order of importance given resource limitations. A program that doesn't yield much useful intelligence but consumes a very large amount of resources (such as the mass data collection programs) would get cut in favor of something less demanding yet more fruitful (likely targeted surveillance and data gathering.) The NSA has operated for years under a total lack of resource constraints; which is a bad thing for any government agency. I would posit that the NSA mass surveillance efforts, in addition to being a troublesome invasion of privacy, are a textbook example of government waste. They're not effective, yet the bureaucrats keep expanding them because if they didn't, they and their contractors would be out of a job.