EXHIBIT 99.(q)(2)

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned,

1)      being officers of:

        a)     each of the Van Kampen Open-End Trusts (the "Delaware Open-End
               Trusts") as indicated on Schedule 1 attached hereto and
               incorporated by reference, each a Delaware statutory trust,

        b)     the Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund (the
               "Pennsylvania Open-End Trust"), a Pennsylvania trust, and

        c)     the Van Kampen Series Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a Maryland
               corporation, (collectively, the Delaware Open-End Trusts,
               Pennsylvania Open-End Trust, and the Corporation are referred to
               herein as the "Open-End Funds");

        d)     each of the Van Kampen Closed-End Trusts (the "Massachusetts
               Closed-End Trusts") as indicated on Schedule 2 attached hereto
               and incorporated by reference, each a Massachusetts business
               trust,

        e)     the Van Kampen Bond Fund (the "Delaware Closed-End Trust"), a
               Delaware statutory trust,

        f)     each of the Van Kampen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Trust, Van
               Kampen Trust for Investment Grade Pennsylvania Municipals, Van
               Kampen Advantage Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust and Van
               Kampen Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (the
               "Pennsylvania Closed-End Trusts"), each a Pennsylvania trust
               (collectively, the Massachusetts Closed-End Trusts, Delaware
               Closed-End Trust and Pennsylvania Closed-End Trusts are referred
               to herein as the "Closed-End Funds");

        g)     the Van Kampen Exchange Fund (the "Exchange Fund"), a California
               Limited Partnership (collectively, the Open-End Funds, Closed-End
               Funds and Exchange Fund are referred to herein as the "Funds")

do hereby, in the capacities shown below, appoint any Assistant Secretary or
Vice President of the Funds, as agents and attorneys-in-fact with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned, as fully to all
intents as he or she might or could do in person, for the purposes to execute
and deliver, for and on behalf of the undersigned, any Registration Statement on
Form N-1A of the Open-End Funds or Exchange Fund (including any and all
amendments thereto), any Registration Statement on Form N-2 of the Closed-End
Funds (including any and all amendments thereto), any Registration Statement on
Form N-14 of the Funds (including any and all amendments thereto) and any other
document, upon the advice of counsel, filed by each Fund with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940.

        This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one
instrument.

Dated: May 26, 2005

/s/ Ronald E. Robison   Executive Vice President and Principal Executive Officer
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    Ronald E. Robison

/s/ James W. Garrett         Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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    James W. Garrett



                                   SCHEDULE 1

VAN KAMPEN U. S. GOVERNMENT TRUST
VAN KAMPEN TAX FREE TRUST
VAN KAMPEN TRUST
VAN KAMPEN EQUITY TRUST
VAN KAMPEN EQUITY TRUST II
VAN KAMPEN TAX FREE MONEY FUND
VAN KAMPEN COMSTOCK FUND
VAN KAMPEN CORPORATE BOND FUND
VAN KAMPEN EMERGING GROWTH FUND
VAN KAMPEN ENTERPRISE FUND
VAN KAMPEN EQUITY AND INCOME FUND
VAN KAMPEN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
VAN KAMPEN GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
VAN KAMPEN HARBOR FUND
VAN KAMPEN HIGH YIELD FUND
VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
VAN KAMPEN LIMITED DURATION FUND
VAN KAMPEN PACE FUND
VAN KAMPEN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES FUND
VAN KAMPEN RESERVE FUND
VAN KAMPEN TAX-EXEMPT TRUST

                                   SCHEDULE 2

VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN HIGH INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN HIGH INCOME TRUST II
VAN KAMPEN INVESTMENT GRADE MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN CALIFORNIA QUALITY MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN FLORIDA QUALITY MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN NEW YORK QUALITY MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN OHIO QUALITY MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INSURED MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE FLORIDA MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW YORK MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST
VAN KAMPEN ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN STRATEGIC SECTOR MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN CALIFORNIA VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN MASSACHUSETTS VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN NEW YORK VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN OHIO VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST II
VAN KAMPEN ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST II
VAN KAMPEN SELECT SECTOR MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN SENIOR INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN SENIOR LOAN FUND