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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

The net periodic benefits costs were valued with a measurement date of January 1 for each year and August 31, 2017 remeasurement date and consisted of the following components (in millions of dollars):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2019				2018				2017
SG&A
Service cost	$	4			$	6			$	7
Other income (expense)
Interest cost	7				7				8
Expected return on assets	(12)				(13		)		(12		)
Amortization of prior service credit	(10)				(10		)		(7		)
Amortization of unrecognized gains	(4)				(3		)		(2		)
Net periodic (benefits) costs	$	(15	)		$	(13	)		$	(6	)

Schedule of Accumulated and Projected Benefit Obligations

Reconciliations of the beginning and ending balances of the postretirement benefit obligation, which is calculated as of December 31 measurement date, the fair value of plan assets available for benefits and the funded status of the benefit obligation follow (in millions of dollars):

	2019				2018
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	190			$	208
Service cost	4				6
Interest cost	7				7
Plan participants' contributions	3				3
Actuarial (gains)	5				(26		)
Benefits paid	(9		)		(9		)
Prescription drug rebates	—				1
Benefit obligation at end of year	$	200			$	190
Plan assets available for benefits at beginning of year	$	176			$	189
Actual (losses) returns on plan assets	28				(8		)
Plan participants' contributions	3				3
Prescription drug rebates	—				1
Benefits paid	(9		)		(9		)
Plan assets available for benefits at end of year	198				176
Noncurrent postretirement benefit obligation	$	2			$	14

Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The amounts recognized in AOCE consisted of the following (in millions of dollars):

	As of December 31,
	2019				2018
Prior service credit	$	61			$	71
Unrecognized gains	44				37
Deferred tax (liability)	(26		)		(26		)
Net accumulated gains	$	79			$	82

Schedule of Assumptions Used

The following assumptions were used to determine net periodic benefit costs at January 1 of each year (excluding the August 31, 2017 remeasurement date):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
Discount rate	4.08	%		3.44	%		4.00	%
Long-term rate of return on plan assets, net of tax	7.13	%		7.13	%		7.13	%
Initial healthcare cost trend rate
Pre age 65	6.31	%		6.56	%		6.81	%
Post age 65	NA			NA			9.36	%
Catastrophic drug benefit	NA			12.50	%		NA
Ultimate healthcare cost trend rate	4.50	%		4.50	%		4.50	%
Year ultimate healthcare cost trend rate reached	2026			2026			2026
HRA credit inflation index for grandfathered retirees	2.50	%		2.50	%		NA

The following assumptions were used to determine benefit obligations at December 31:

	2019			2018			2017
Discount rate	3.01	%		4.08	%		3.44	%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets, net of tax	4.00	%		7.13	%		7.13	%
Initial healthcare cost trend rate
Pre age 65	6.06	%		6.31	%		6.56	%
Post age 65	NA			NA			NA
Catastrophic drug benefit	NA			11.50	%		12.50	%
Ultimate healthcare cost trend rate	4.50	%		4.50	%		4.50	%
Year ultimate healthcare cost trend rate reached	2026			2026			2026
HRA credit inflation index for grandfathered retirees	2.50	%		2.50	%		2.50	%

Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets

The plan assets available for benefits are net of Trust liabilities, primarily related to deferred income taxes and taxes payable at December 31 (in millions of dollars):

	2019				2018
Registered investment companies:
Vanguard Federal Money Market Fund	$	109			$	—
Fidelity Government Money Market Fund	95				—
Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund	—				80
Vanguard 500 Index Fund	—				93
Vanguard Total International Stock	—				26
Plan Assets	204				199
Less: trust liabilities	(6		)		(23		)
Plan assets available for benefits	$	198			$	176

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments

The Company forecasts the following benefit payments related to postretirement (which include a projection for expected future employee service) for the next ten years (in millions of dollars):

Year		Estimated Gross Benefit Payments
2020		$	9
2021		10
2022		11
2023		12
2024		12
2025-2029		62
Total		$	116

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