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It seems reasonable, but do we not already have a law for this?
The actual ask (from https://screendna.org):

> we call on legislators to make screening of orders for synthetic nucleic acids — and the equipment needed to make them — mandatory

I’m guessing that the analogy would be to legislation that requires screening buyers of chemicals that could be precursor to regulated or illegal drugs.