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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
 6 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS
The components of the net periodic cost for the pension and postretirement benefit plans for the three and six months ended March 28, 2015 and March 29, 2014 are as follows (in millions):
 
Pension Plans
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
March 28, 2015
 
March 29, 2014
 
March 28, 2015
 
March 29, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
4

 
$
1

 
$
8

 
$
3

Interest cost
21

 
2

 
42

 
4

Expected return on plan assets
(25
)
 
(1
)
 
(50
)
 
(2
)
Amortization of:

 

 
 
 
 
   Net actuarial loss
2

 
1

 
3

 
2

Settlement loss
—

 
—

 
8

 
—

Net periodic cost
$
2

 
$
3

 
$
11

 
$
7


 
Postretirement Benefit Plans
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
March 28, 2015
 
March 29, 2014
 
March 28, 2015
 
March 29, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
1

 
$
1

 
$
2

 
$
1

Interest cost
1

 
1

 
3

 
2

Net periodic cost
$
2

 
$
2

 
$
5

 
$
3


We contributed $6 million and $9 million to our pension plans for the three and six months ended March 28, 2015, respectively. We contributed $3 million and $5 million to our pension plans for the three and six months ended March 29, 2014, respectively. We expect to contribute an additional $6 million during the remainder of fiscal 2015. The amount of contributions made to pension plans in any year is dependent upon a number of factors including minimum funding requirements in the jurisdictions in which we operate. As a result, the actual funding in fiscal 2015 may differ from the current estimate.