Employee Benefit Plans Estimated Future Benefit Payments (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Postemployment Benefits
2017	$ 6
2018	6
2019	6
2020	6
2021	6
2022-2026	27
Foreign Pension Plan
Pension Benefits
2017	5
2018	5
2019	4
2020	4
2021	5
2022-2026	$ 29

Postemployment Benefit, Expected Future Payments, Thereafter

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Postemployment Benefit, Future Payments, Next Twelve Months

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Postemployment Benefit, Expected Future Payments, Year Five

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Postemployment Benefit, Expected Future Payments, Year Four

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Postemployment Benefit, Expected Future Payments, Year Three

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Postemployment Benefit, Expected Future Payments, Year Two

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Postemployment Benefits, Expected Future Benefits Payments Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]

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Amount of benefits from a defined benefit plan expected to be paid in the five fiscal years after the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (f)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920

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Amount of benefits from a defined benefit plan expected to be paid in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of benefits from a defined benefit plan expected to be paid in the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of benefits from a defined benefit plan expected to be paid in the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of benefits from a defined benefit plan expected to be paid in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of benefits from a defined benefit plan expected to be paid in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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