financing activities for 2014 also included an acquisition-related contingent consideration payment of $ 86 million made to champion 2019s former shareholders .liquidity and capital resources we currently expect to fund all of our cash requirements which are reasonably foreseeable for 2017 , including scheduled debt repayments , new investments in the business , share repurchases , dividend payments , possible business acquisitions and pension contributions , with cash from operating activities , and as needed , additional short-term and/or long-term borrowings .we continue to expect our operating cash flow to remain strong .as of december 31 , 2016 , we had $ 327 million of cash and cash equivalents on hand , of which $ 184 million was held outside of the u.s .as of december 31 , 2015 , we had $ 26 million of deferred tax liabilities for pre-acquisition foreign earnings associated with the legacy nalco entities and legacy champion entities that we intended to repatriate .these liabilities were recorded as part of the respective purchase price accounting of each transaction .the remaining foreign earnings were repatriated in 2016 , reducing the deferred tax liabilities to zero at december 31 , 2016 .we consider the remaining portion of our foreign earnings to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign jurisdictions and we have no intention to repatriate such funds .we continue to be focused on building our global business and these funds are available for use by our international operations .to the extent the remaining portion of the foreign earnings would be repatriated , such amounts would be subject to income tax or foreign withholding tax liabilities that may be fully or partially offset by foreign tax credits , both in the u.s .and in various applicable foreign jurisdictions .as of december 31 , 2016 we had a $ 2.0 billion multi-year credit facility , which expires in december 2019 .the credit facility has been established with a diverse syndicate of banks .there were no borrowings under our credit facility as of december 31 , 2016 or 2015 .the credit facility supports our $ 2.0 billion u.s .commercial paper program and $ 2.0 billion european commercial paper program .we increased the european commercial paper program from $ 200 million during the third quarter of 2016 .combined borrowing under these two commercial paper programs may not exceed $ 2.0 billion .as of december 31 , 2016 , we had no amount outstanding under either our u.s .or european commercial paper programs .additionally , we have other committed and uncommitted credit lines of $ 746 million with major international banks and financial institutions to support our general global funding needs , including with respect to bank supported letters of credit , performance bonds and guarantees .approximately $ 554 million of these credit lines were available for use as of year-end 2016 .as of december 31 , 2016 , our short-term borrowing program was rated a-2 by standard & poor 2019s and p-2 by moody 2019s .as of december 31 , 2016 , standard & poor 2019s and moody 2019s rated our long-term credit at a- ( stable outlook ) and baa1 ( stable outlook ) , respectively .a reduction in our credit ratings could limit or preclude our ability to issue commercial paper under our current programs , or could also adversely affect our ability to renew existing , or negotiate new , credit facilities in the future and could increase the cost of these facilities .should this occur , we could seek additional sources of funding , including issuing additional term notes or bonds .in addition , we have the ability , at our option , to draw upon our $ 2.0 billion of committed credit facility prior to termination .we are in compliance with our debt covenants and other requirements of our credit agreements and indentures .a schedule of our obligations as of december 31 , 2016 under various notes payable , long-term debt agreements , operating leases with noncancelable terms in excess of one year and interest obligations are summarized in the following table: .
[['( millions )', 'total', 'payments due by period less than 1 year', 'payments due by period 2-3 years', 'payments due by period 4-5 years', 'payments due by period more than 5 years'], ['notes payable', '$ 30', '$ 30', '$ -', '$ -', '$ -'], ['commercial paper', '-', '-', '-', '-', '-'], ['long-term debt', '6652', '510', '967', '1567', '3608'], ['capital lease obligations', '5', '1', '1', '1', '2'], ['operating leases', '431', '102', '153', '105', '71'], ['interest*', '2261', '218', '396', '360', '1287'], ['total', '$ 9379', '$ 861', '$ 1517', '$ 2033', '$ 4968']]
* interest on variable rate debt was calculated using the interest rate at year-end 2016 .as of december 31 , 2016 , our gross liability for uncertain tax positions was $ 76 million .we are not able to reasonably estimate the amount by which the liability will increase or decrease over an extended period of time or whether a cash settlement of the liability will be required .therefore , these amounts have been excluded from the schedule of contractual obligations. .

Question: what portion of cash and cash equivalents on hand are held in u.s . as of december 31 , 2016?
Answer: 43.7%