Cruise ships would pay a $50 tax on each tourist they bring into Alaska waters if a bill passed by a powerful state Senate committee on Wednesday becomes law. The Senate Finance Committee’s action comes a day after Senate President Drue Pearce accused cruise industry lobbyists of killing her bill to bring cruise ships under the state’s oil spill response laws. Pearce said the two issues were unrelated, and noted that the Finance Committee had been looking at the cruise industry as a possible source of revenue for some time.