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00087R TITLE IV ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS SEC. 401. Maps (a). Filing -- requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to file maps for each area designated wilderness or a national recreation area by this Act with the Committee of Energy and Natural Resources of the united States Senate, and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives. (b). Public Inspection -- requires the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to make maps available for public inspection. SEC. 402. Land Outside Wilderness Areas (a). Effect of designation -- ensures that designation by this Act does not create or imply buffer or protective zones around wilderness or national recreation areas. (b). Activities outside area -- ensures that activities outside wilderness and national recreation areas are not precluded simply because they can be seen or heard from within the area. SEC. 403. Minerals -- requires the Secretary of Interior to continue to make assessment, using environmentally compatible methods, of the mineral potential in wilderness areas in Colorado. SEC. 404. Access to Valid Existing Rights -- reaffirms the allowance of reasonable access, including motorized and mechanized access to valid existing rights within wilderness and national recreation areas. SEC. 405. Release Language -- (a). Findings -- recognizes the extensive investigation completed by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior and the united states congress concerning the suitability of forest lands in Colorado for designation into the wilderness Preservation system. (b). Determination and direction -- directs that those forest service lands not designated wilderness by this Act shall be considered adequately studied for wilderness suitability, shall be released for multiple-use management, and shall no longer be managed to protect their suitability for inclusion in the Wilderness preservation system. Prohibits further statewide wilderness studies on forest service lands in Colorado unless expressly authorized by congress. TITLE V STUDY OF CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF WILDERNESS IN COLORADO Requires the secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress on the current management problems associated with the inclusion of valid existing rights in wilderness areas in Colorado.