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Lessee, Lease, Renewal Term

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Lessee, Lease, Termination Period

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of loss from impairment of right-of-use asset from operating lease.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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Amount of stockholders' equity (deficit), net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity, attributable to both the parent and noncontrolling interests. Amount excludes temporary equity. Alternate caption for the concept is permanent equity.

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LEASES - General (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
LEASES - General (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Jul. 01, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019
LEASES
Adjustment to retained earnings	$ (4,358)	$ (4,358)		$ (4,411)	$ (4,617)
Operating lease ROU assets	2,446	2,446
Operating lease liabilities	2,659	$ 2,659
Leases, renewal term		30 years
Leases, termination period		25 years
Impairments of other intangible and long-lived assets
LEASES
Operating lease, impairment loss	13	$ 13
Minimum
LEASES
Leases, remaining lease term		1 year
Maximum
LEASES
Leases, remaining lease term		59 years
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02
LEASES
Operating lease ROU assets			$ 2,598
Operating lease liabilities			$ 2,764
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment
LEASES
Adjustment to retained earnings	$ 29	$ 29