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LEASES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Lease By Asset Type | The Company's assets and liabilities for its lease agreements as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
Leases |  | Balance Sheet Classification |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating |  | Operating lease right-of-use assets |  | $ | 604 |  |  | $ | 518 |  |  |  |  |
Finance |  | Property, plant and equipment, net (a) |  | 22 |  |  | 35 |  |  |  |  |
Total lease assets |  |  |  | $ | 626 |  |  | $ | 553 |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating |  | Current portion of long-term operating lease liabilities |  | $ | 141 |  |  | $ | 145 |  |  |  |  |
Finance |  | Current portion of long-term debt |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Non-current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating |  | Long-term operating lease liabilities |  | 499 |  |  | 413 |  |  |  |  |
Finance |  | Long-term debt |  | 25 |  |  | 30 |  |  |  |  |
Total lease liabilities |  |  |  | $ | 667 |  |  | $ | 591 |  |  |  |  |
(a) Finance lease assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 were recorded net of accumulated amortization of $14 million and $24 million, respectively.
Lease, Cost | Components of lease cost for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
Lease cost |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  |
Operating lease cost (a) |  | $ | 300 |  |  | $ | 294 |  |  |
Finance lease cost: |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of leased assets |  | 6 |  |  | 7 |  |
Interest on lease liabilities |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |
Net lease cost |  | $ | 309 |  |  | $ | 304 |  |  |
(a) Includes short-term leases and variable lease costs (primarily usage-based maintenance fees and utilities related to real estate leases and certain equipment-related and vehicle-related costs) of $120 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity | The maturity of the Company's lease liabilities as of December 31, 2020 is as follows:
Maturity of lease liabilities |  | Operating leases |  | Finance leases |  | Total |  |  |  |
2021 |  | $ | 160 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 164 |  |  |  |  |
2022 |  | 140 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 143 |  |  |  |  |
2023 |  | 122 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 125 |  |  |  |  |
2024 |  | 87 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 90 |  |  |  |  |
2025 |  | 57 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 60 |  |  |  |  |
Thereafter |  | 153 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 181 |  |  |  |  |
Total lease payments |  | 719 |  |  | 44 |  |  | 763 |  |  |  |  |
Less: Interest |  | 79 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 96 |  |  |  |  |
Present value of lease liabilities |  | $ | 640 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 667 |  |  |  |  |
Finance Lease, Liability, Maturity | The maturity of the Company's lease liabilities as of December 31, 2020 is as follows:
Maturity of lease liabilities |  | Operating leases |  | Finance leases |  | Total |  |  |  |
2021 |  | $ | 160 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 164 |  |  |  |  |
2022 |  | 140 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 143 |  |  |  |  |
2023 |  | 122 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 125 |  |  |  |  |
2024 |  | 87 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 90 |  |  |  |  |
2025 |  | 57 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 60 |  |  |  |  |
Thereafter |  | 153 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 181 |  |  |  |  |
Total lease payments |  | 719 |  |  | 44 |  |  | 763 |  |  |  |  |
Less: Interest |  | 79 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 96 |  |  |  |  |
Present value of lease liabilities |  | $ | 640 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 667 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Lease Term and Discount Rate | Lease term and discount rate as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
Lease term and discount rate | 2020 |  | 2019
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years): |  |  |
Operating leases | 6 |  | 5
Finance leases | 13 |  | 12
Weighted-average discount rate: |  |  |
Operating leases | 3.2 | % |  | 3.4 | %
Finance leases | 8.1 | % |  | 8.7 | %

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