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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Schedule of contributions to plans | Contributions to our plans were as follows:
| Quarter Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(dollars in millions) | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
U.S. qualified defined benefit plans | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9 |
International defined benefit plans | 6 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 42 |
PRB plans | 6 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 20 |
Defined contribution plans (1) | 308 |  |  | 296 |  |  | 1,042 |  |  | 985 |
(1) Our domestic defined contribution plan uses an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) for certain employer matching contributions, which historically held stock that was purchased using external borrowings. During the third quarter of 2024, the remaining unallocated common shares of the ESOP trust were depleted, and we began funding the ESOP on a non-leveraged basis utilizing treasury shares.
Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheet | The amounts recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet consist of:
(dollars in millions) | September 30, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Noncurrent pension assets (included in Other assets) | $ | 2,217 |  |  | $ | 1,296 |
Current pension and PRB liabilities (included in Accrued employee compensation) | 270 |  |  | 270 |
Future pension and postretirement benefit obligations | 2,230 |  |  | 2,385 |
The amounts recognized in Future pension and postretirement benefit obligations consist of:
(dollars in millions) | September 30, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Noncurrent pension liabilities | $ | 1,613 |  |  | $ | 1,737 |
Noncurrent PRB liabilities | 553 |  |  | 582 |
Other pension and PRB related items | 64 |  |  | 66 |
Future pension and postretirement benefit obligations | $ | 2,230 |  |  | $ | 2,385 |
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs | The components of net periodic (income) expense for our defined pension and PRB plans were as follows:
| Pension Benefits Quarter Ended September 30, |  | PRB Quarter Ended September 30,
(dollars in millions) | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Operating expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | 56 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1 |
Non-operating expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost | 597 |  |  | 627 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 12 |
Expected return on plan assets | (937) |  |  | (940) |  |  | (5) |  |  | (5) |
Amortization of prior service credit | (42) |  |  | (39) |  |  | (1) |  |  | — |
Recognized actuarial net (gain) loss | 5 |  |  | (94) |  |  | (6) |  |  | (8) |
Net settlement, curtailment, and special termination benefit (gain) loss | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Non-service pension income | (373) |  |  | (442) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (1) |
Total net periodic (income) expense | $ | (326) |  |  | $ | (386) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
| Pension Benefits Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | PRB Nine Months Ended September 30,
(dollars in millions) | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Operating expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 141 |  |  | $ | 167 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Non-operating expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost | 1,789 |  |  | 1,880 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 36 |
Expected return on plan assets | (2,810) |  |  | (2,815) |  |  | (15) |  |  | (15) |
Amortization of prior service credit | (127) |  |  | (118) |  |  | (1) |  |  | — |
Recognized actuarial net (gain) loss | 15 |  |  | (284) |  |  | (18) |  |  | (24) |
Net settlement, curtailment and special termination benefit (gain) loss | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Non-service pension income | (1,133) |  |  | (1,331) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (3) |
Total net periodic (income) expense | $ | (992) |  |  | $ | (1,164) |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | — |
Marketable Securities | The fair value of marketable securities held in trusts was as follows:
(dollars in millions) | September 30, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Marketable securities held in trusts | $ | 746 |  |  | $ | 745 |

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