I was speaking earlier this week to "the powers that be" about the 45 day rule.
The response was that the "idea" of making the rule was still an idea - an answer should be forthcoming sometime within the next three months - the training schools are legally prohibited from offering initial type ratings to any non US citizen in the meantime.
Best case date to be accepted by a school for an initail type rating was "tomorrow", worst case was "late October".