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EXHIBIT (q)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, being Officers and Trustees of each of the Van Kampen
Open End Trusts (individually, a "Trust") as indicated on Schedule 1 attached
hereto and incorporated by reference, each a Delaware business trust, except for
the Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund being a Pennsylvania trust, and
being Officers and Directors of Van Kampen Series Fund, Inc. (the
"Corporation"), a Maryland corporation, do hereby, in the capacities shown
below, appoint Richard F. Powers, III, Stephen L. Boyd and A. Thomas Smith III,
each of Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, as agents and attorneys-in-fact with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned, to
execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the undersigned, any and all
amendments to the Registration Statement filed by each Trust or the Corporation
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 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: September 12, 2000
Signature Title
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/s/ RICHARD F. POWERS, III
---------------------------------- President, Trustee/Director
Richard F. Powers, III
/s/ JOHN L. SULLIVAN
---------------------------------- Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
John L. Sullivan and Treasurer
/s/ J. MILES BRANAGAN
---------------------------------- Trustee/Director
J. Miles Branagan
/s/ JERRY D. CHOATE
---------------------------------- Trustee/Director
Jerry D. Choate
/s/ LINDA HUTTON HEAGY
---------------------------------- Trustee/Director
Linda Hutton Heagy
/s/ R. CRAIG KENNEDY
---------------------------------- Trustee/Director
R. Craig Kennedy
/s/ MITCHELL M. MERIN
---------------------------------- Trustee/Director
Mitchell M. Merin
/s/ JACK E. NELSON
---------------------------------- Trustee/Director
Jack E. Nelson
/s/ PHILLIP B. ROONEY
---------------------------------- Trustee/Director
Phillip B. Rooney
/s/ FERNANDO SISTO, Sc.D.
---------------------------------- Trustee/Director
Fernando Sisto, Sc.D.
/s/ WAYNE W. WHALEN
---------------------------------- Trustee/Director
Wayne W. Whalen
/s/ SUZANNE H. WOOLSEY
---------------------------------- Trustee/Director
Suzanne H. Woolsey
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SCHEDULE 1
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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 INCOME FUND
VAN KAMPEN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
VAN KAMPEN GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
VAN KAMPEN HARBOR FUND
VAN KAMPEN HIGH INCOME CORPORATE BOND FUND
VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
VAN KAMPEN LIMITED MATURITY GOVERNMENT FUND
VAN KAMPEN PACE FUND
VAN KAMPEN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES FUND
VAN KAMPEN RESERVE FUND
VAN KAMPEN TAX-EXEMPT TRUST
VAN KAMPEN U.S. GOVERNMENT TRUST FOR INCOME
