Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

[DaJester]

I'm not sure it means when you "realize" as in a person just discovered something. I think it means that the harm is realized or comes to fruition. For example, a law is on the books for decades (eh hem... Charter Act), and at some point a Federal Agency (not Congress) decides to take an unusual interpretation of that law to implement or change a policy that affects a business or person. The 6 years would start from the point of that Agency action/interpretation/enforcement, not the date the original law went into effect. This is necessary when you have Federal Agencies that get whiplash from replacing their leadership for political bias and intentional misreading of the statutes to fit the political agenda.