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Employee Benefit Plans
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]
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Employee Benefit Plans

Net periodic benefit cost for the pension and other postretirement benefit plans included the following components (in millions):

 
 
Three-Month Periods
 
 
Ended March 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
Pension:
 
 
 
 
Service cost
 
$
1

 
$
1

Interest cost
 
14

 
14

Expected return on plan assets
 
(19
)
 
(19
)
Net amortization
 
8

 
12

Net periodic benefit cost
 
$
4

 
$
8

 
 
 
 
 
Other postretirement:
 
 
 
 
Service cost
 
$
1

 
$
2

Interest cost
 
7

 
6

Expected return on plan assets
 
(8
)
 
(7
)
Net amortization
 
1

 
2

Net periodic benefit cost
 
$
1

 
$
3



Employer contributions to the pension and other postretirement benefit plans are expected to be $10 million and $4 million, respectively, during 2014. As of March 31, 2014, $7 million and $- million of contributions had been made to the pension and other postretirement benefit plans, respectively.