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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Individually Significant Multiemployer Pension Plans | The following table outlines our participation in Multiemployer Pension Plans considered to be individually significant (dollar amounts in millions):
|  | EIN/Pension Plan Number |  |  | Pension Protection Act Reported Status(a) |  |  | FIP/RP Status(b),(c) |  |  | Company Contributions(d) |  |  | Expiration Date of Collective Bargaining Agreement(s) |
Pension Fund |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |
Automotive Industries Pension Plan |  |  | EIN: 94-1133245; Plan Number: 001 |  |  |  | Critical and Declining |  |  |  | Critical |  |  |  | Implemented |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  |  | Various dates through 6/30/2018 |
Distributors Association Warehousemen’s Pension Trust |  |  | EIN: 94-0294755; Plan Number: 002 |  |  |  | Critical as of 5/31/2015 |  |  |  | Critical as of 5/31/2014 |  |  |  | Implemented |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4/7/2018 |
Local 731 Private Scavengers and Garage Attendants Pension Trust Fund |  |  | EIN: 36-6513567; Plan Number: 001 |  |  |  | Not Endangered or Critical as of 9/30/2015 |  |  |  | Endangered as of 9/30/2014 |  |  |  | Implemented |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 9/30/2018 |
Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Plan |  |  | EIN: 36-6155778; Plan Number: 001 |  |  |  | Endangered |  |  |  | Critical |  |  |  | Implemented |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | Various dates through 9/30/2017 |
Teamsters Local 301 Pension Plan |  |  | EIN: 36-6492992; Plan Number: 001 |  |  |  | Not Endangered or Critical |  |  |  | Not Endangered or Critical |  |  |  | Not Applicable |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 9/30/2018 |
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan |  |  | EIN: 91-6145047; Plan Number: 001 |  |  |  | Not Endangered or Critical |  |  |  | Not Endangered or Critical |  |  |  | Not Applicable |  |  |  | 25 |  |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | Various dates through 12/31/2019 |
Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension Plan |  |  | EIN: 25-6029946; Plan Number: 001 |  |  |  | Critical |  |  |  | Critical |  |  |  | Implemented |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 12/31/2016; 90-day extension with agreements currently under negotiation |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  |  |  |
Contributions to other Multiemployer Pension Plans |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |
Total contributions to Multiemployer Pension Plans(e) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  |  |  |
(a) | Unless otherwise noted in the table above, the most recent Pension Protection Act zone status available in 2016 and 2015 is for the plan’s year-end at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The zone status is based on information that we received from the plan and is certified by the plan’s actuary. As defined in the Pension Protection Act of 2006, among other factors, plans reported as critical are generally less than 65% funded and plans reported as endangered are generally less than 80% funded. Under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014, a plan is generally in critical and declining status if it (i) is certified to be in critical status pursuant to the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and (ii) is projected to be insolvent within the next 15 years or, in certain circumstances, 20 years.
(b) | The “FIP/RP Status” column indicates plans for which a Funding Improvement Plan (“FIP”) or a Rehabilitation Plan (“RP”) is either pending or has been implemented.
(c) | A Multiemployer Pension Plan that has been certified as endangered, seriously endangered or critical may begin to levy a statutory surcharge on contribution rates. Once authorized, the surcharge is at the rate of 5% for the first 12 months and 10% for any periods thereafter. Contributing employers, however, may eliminate the surcharge by entering into a collective bargaining agreement that meets the requirements of the applicable FIP or RP.
(d) | The Company was listed in the Form 5500 of the Multiemployer Pension Plans considered to be individually significant as providing more than 5% of the total contributions for each of the following plans and plan years:
|  | Year Contributions to Plan Exceeded 5% of Total Contributions (as of Plan’s Year End)
Distributors Association Warehousemen’s Pension Trust |  | 5/31/2015 and 5/31/2014
Local 731 Private Scavengers and Garage Attendants Pension Trust Fund |  | 9/30/2015 and 9/30/2014
Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Plan |  | 12/31/2015 and 12/31/2014
Teamsters Local 301 Pension Plan |  | 12/31/2015 and 12/31/2014
(e) | Total contributions to Multiemployer Pension Plans excludes contributions related to withdrawal liabilities discussed below.
Multiemployer Pension Plans and Year with Employer's Total Contribution Greater Than 5% |
(d) | The Company was listed in the Form 5500 of the Multiemployer Pension Plans considered to be individually significant as providing more than 5% of the total contributions for each of the following plans and plan years:
|  | Year Contributions to Plan Exceeded 5% of Total Contributions (as of Plan’s Year End)
Distributors Association Warehousemen’s Pension Trust |  | 5/31/2015 and 5/31/2014
Local 731 Private Scavengers and Garage Attendants Pension Trust Fund |  | 9/30/2015 and 9/30/2014
Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Plan |  | 12/31/2015 and 12/31/2014
Teamsters Local 301 Pension Plan |  | 12/31/2015 and 12/31/2014
| At the date the financial statements were issued, Forms 5500 were not available for the plan years ended in 2016.

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