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Employee Benefit Plans | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan [Abstract] |
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS |
8. | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
The components of net periodic benefit cost related to our defined benefit plans were as follows (in millions):
| Pension Plans |  | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Three months ended June 30: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 1 |
Interest cost | 22 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |
Expected return on plan assets | (38 | ) |  | (34 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net actuarial (gain) loss | 14 |  |  | 12 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |
Prior service credit | (5 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (4 | )
Net periodic benefit cost (credit) | $ | 23 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | — |
Six months ended June 30: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 61 |  |  | $ | 56 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Interest cost | 43 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 6 |
Expected return on plan assets | (75 | ) |  | (69 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net actuarial (gain) loss | 27 |  |  | 24 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | — |
Prior service credit | (10 | ) |  | (10 | ) |  | (8 | ) |  | (8 | )
Net periodic benefit cost (credit) | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | 1 |
We contributed $14 million and $14 million, respectively, to our pension plans and $13 million and $8 million, respectively, to our other postretirement benefit plans during the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016. Management has elected to increase the discretionary contributions to our pension plans by $80 million in the third quarter of 2017, resulting in expected contributions to our pension plans of $108 million for 2017. Our anticipated contributions to our other postretirement benefit plans during 2017 have not changed from the amount previously disclosed in our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.

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