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LEASES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Lease By Asset Type | Certain of the Company's lease agreements include rental payments adjusted periodically for inflation or a market rate which are included in the lease liabilities.
Leases |  | Balance Sheet Classification |  | September 30, 2019
Assets |  |  |  |
Operating |  | Operating lease right-of-use assets |  | $ | 508 |
Finance |  | Property, plant and equipment, net (a) |  | 37 |
Total lease assets |  |  |  | $ | 545 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Current: |  |  |  |
Operating |  | Current portion of long-term operating lease liabilities |  | $ | 147 |
Finance |  | Current portion of long-term debt |  | 3 |
Non-current: |  |  |  |
Operating |  | Long-term operating lease liabilities |  | 405 |
Finance |  | Long-term debt |  | 31 |
Total lease liabilities |  |  |  | $ | 586 |
(a) Finance lease assets were recorded net of accumulated amortization of $23 million as of September 30, 2019.
Lease, Cost | Components of lease cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 were as follows:
Lease cost |  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Operating lease cost (a) |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | 221 |
Finance lease cost: |  |  |  |
Amortization of leased assets |  | 1 |  |  | 5 |
Interest on lease liabilities |  | — |  |  | 2 |
Net lease cost |  | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 228 |
(a) Includes short-term leases and variable lease costs (primarily maintenance fees and utilities related to real estate leases and certain equipment-related and vehicle-related costs) of $32 million and $90 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Rental expense for real estate, laboratory equipment and vehicles under operating leases amounted to $55 million and $167 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.
Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity | The maturity of the Company's lease liabilities as of September 30, 2019 is as follows:
Maturity of lease liabilities |  | Operating leases |  | Finance leases |  | Total
Remainder of 2019 |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 33 |
2020 |  | 155 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 161 |
2021 |  | 118 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 123 |
2022 |  | 93 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 98 |
2023 |  | 74 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 77 |
Thereafter |  | 138 |  |  | 35 |  |  | 173 |
Total lease payments |  | 610 |  |  | 55 |  |  | 665 |
Less: Interest (a) |  | 58 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 79 |
Present value of lease liabilities |  | $ | 552 |  |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | 586 |
(a) Primarily calculated using the Company's incremental borrowing rate.
Finance Lease, Liability, Maturity | The maturity of the Company's lease liabilities as of September 30, 2019 is as follows:
Maturity of lease liabilities |  | Operating leases |  | Finance leases |  | Total
Remainder of 2019 |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 33 |
2020 |  | 155 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 161 |
2021 |  | 118 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 123 |
2022 |  | 93 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 98 |
2023 |  | 74 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 77 |
Thereafter |  | 138 |  |  | 35 |  |  | 173 |
Total lease payments |  | 610 |  |  | 55 |  |  | 665 |
Less: Interest (a) |  | 58 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 79 |
Present value of lease liabilities |  | $ | 552 |  |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | 586 |
(a) Primarily calculated using the Company's incremental borrowing rate.
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases | Minimum rental commitments under noncancelable operating leases, primarily real estate, in effect as of December 31, 2018 are as follows:
Year Ending December 31, |
2019 | $ | 181 |
2020 | 143 |
2021 | 106 |
2022 | 79 |
2023 | 60 |
Thereafter | 122 |
Minimum lease payments | $ | 691 |
Schedule of Lease Term and Discount Rate | Lease term and discount rate as of September 30, 2019 were as follows:
Lease term and discount rate |
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years): |
Operating leases | 5 |
Finance leases | 12 |
Weighted-average discount rate: |
Operating leases | 3.3 | %
Finance leases | 8.7 | %

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