Percentage of cash component of an incentive award.

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Percentage of an incentive award to be settled in restricted stock units of the Company.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The fair value of shares granted for awards, at target level performance level, available for issuance under the share based compensation plan.

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Total

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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 cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Stockholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Mar. 28, 2019	Mar. 27, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Shares Activity [Line Items]
Weighted average period of unrecognized compensation costs	1 year
Granted (in shares)	4,967	6,067			0
Performance Shares
Shares Activity [Line Items]
Weighted average period of unrecognized compensation costs	1 year 9 months 18 days
Granted (in shares)	122,242	125,194			0
Grant date fair value of awards	$ 5
Unrecognized compensation costs	$ 4
Minimum \| Performance Shares
Shares Activity [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	0
Maximum \| Performance Shares
Shares Activity [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	225,400
Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan 2016
Shares Activity [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (in shares)			1,500,000	500,000
2019 Short Term Incentive Plan \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Shares Activity [Line Items]
Cash component of an incentive award	75.00%
Stock component of an incentive award	25.00%
Share-based payment award performance period	1 year
Vesting period	2 years
Weighted average period of unrecognized compensation costs	1 year 6 months
Weighted average grant date fair value of nonvested awards	$ 1
Granted (in shares)	55,661	0
2019 Short Term Incentive Plan \| Tranche 1 \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Shares Activity [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	50.00%
2019 Short Term Incentive Plan \| Tranche 2 \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Shares Activity [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	50.00%
2019 Long Term Incentive Plan
Shares Activity [Line Items]
Share-based payment award performance period	3 years